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[NetMiner 4] Network Role Analysis

• This course introduces methodologies for analyzing roles and positions within networks—topics that have been extensively studied in SNA—and helps participants understand the underlying principles through hands-on exercises using NetMiner, while also exploring practical applications. • Through this course, participants can measure brokerage roles from various perspectives, determine actors’ roles and positions within a network based on relationship patterns, and summarize the entire network through the relationships among role groups, thereby uncovering the key structures that comprise complex networks.

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Level Basic

Course period 2 months

data-analysis
data-analysis
network-analysis
network-analysis
equivalence
equivalence
social-network
social-network
similarity
similarity
data-analysis
data-analysis
network-analysis
network-analysis
equivalence
equivalence
social-network
social-network
similarity
similarity

What you will gain after the course

  • Brokerage Role Analysis Method

  • Clustering Based on Network Equivalence

  • Blockmodeling: Summarizing the Structure of a Network

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[Course Duration]

- 2 months

[Course Information]

<Practice Program (NetMiner)>

  • To follow along with the exercises, you need a laptop or desktop PC running the Windows operating system.

  • For instructions on installing the educational version of NetMiner 4, please see 'Community >> Frequently Asked Questions >> [必読] Educational NetMiner (NetMiner for Training Guide)'.


<Course Materials and Practice Data>

  • Please check the “Course Materials” in the first lecture video for the textbook.

  • The practice data is provided along with the installation of the practice program (NetMiner).


Key course content

  • This course introduces methodologies for analyzing the roles and positions within networks that have been important areas of research in SNA, and provides hands-on practice using NetMiner to

    It is designed to help you understand the principles and explore various use cases.

    Through this course, you will measure brokerage roles from various perspectives, determine the roles and positions of actors within a network through relationship patterns, and understand roles

    By summarizing the entire network through relationships between groups, you can discover the key structures that make up a complex network.

     
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  • Q1. What is network role analysis?


    A. In social network analysis (SNA), a role refers to the function of a node defined by its position in the network and its relationship patterns. It can be understood as similar to the functional role or structural behavior that a species performs to maintain an ecosystem in a food chain. Role analysis is primarily

    It is conducted through ‘equivalence’ analysis, and the results can be represented as a blockmodel of the roleset. It also includes relationship patterns

    It also includes an analysis of various broker roles (brokeragerole) that can be identified through it. Role analysis in complex relationship or interaction networks

    By identifying individuals who exhibit structurally similar behavior or grouping individuals into role groups, large and complex network structures can be condensed into relationships between groups.

    It is necessary for intuitive understanding and explanation. In practice, it is used to identify similar roles, analyze the substitutability/complementarity of nodes, detect role outliers, monitor role changes, identify individual identities, and compare network structures.

     


  • Q2. How does role group analysis differ from cohesive subgroup analysis or clustering in statistical analysis?

     


    A. As a basic SNA analysis technique, role analysis is one of two approaches to dividing nodes into groups, along with cohesive subgroup analysis.

    one of them. While cohesive subgroup analysis groups nodes based on the density of connections, role analysis groups them from a positional perspective. Grouping from a positional perspective means

    For example, it refers to classifying members of a university department as professors, staff, and students, whereas classifying them by laboratory is connectivity (cohesion)-based grouping

    can be seen as. And if statistical clustering is a grouping method based on the similarity of node attributes, role analysis can be seen as a grouping method based on link similarity.

     


  • Total training time: 5 hours 16 minutes


Prerequisite course


Instructor Information

  • Kangmin Kim – Director at Sairam Co., Ltd.


  • Kim Tae-ryeong – Analysis Consultant at CYRAM Inc.

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Who is this course right for?

  • Those who wish to analyze systems from a macro perspective, such as networks between institutions (companies), relationships between departments or ranks within an organization, networks between countries, stakeholder networks, and aviation/port networks.

  • Those who wish to learn and utilize social network analysis theories on roles and positions, along with NetMiner’s advanced analysis features.

Need to know before starting?

  • NetMiner 4 Introduction and Basic Usage (Free) Training Link: https://inf.run/ViiiU

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This is CYRAM NetMiner

Syram, founded in 2000, is a company specializing in Graph Data Science and has developed NetMiner, Korea’s first commercial social network analysis (SNA) software. For over 20 years, Syram has accumulated expertise and know-how in social network analysis (SNA), Graph Analytics, Text Analytics, and Graph Machine Learning, supporting a wide range of data analysis projects for research institutes, universities, public institutions, and businesses. In this course, you will learn in a practical, hands-on manner—from the core concepts of social network analysis to analyzing real-world data and interpreting the results—drawing on the expertise of NetMiner’s developer. Go beyond simply learning how to use the software and develop the analytical thinking needed to uncover hidden relationships and structures within data.
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