Triadic configurations are fundamental to many social structural processes and provide the
basis for a variety of social network theories and methodologies. This paper addresses the …

This paper demonstrates limitations in usefulness of the triad census for studying similarities
among local structural properties of social networks. A triad census succinctly summarizes …

Evidence from many sources shows that triadic tendencies are important structural features
of social networks (eg transitivity or triadic closure) and triadic configurations are the basis …

2 PAUL W. HOLLAND AND SAMUEL LEINHARDT where the identification of individuals as
nodes and interpersonal relations as edges in a graph is immediate. These concepts have …

We argue that social networks can be modeled as the outcome of processes that occur in
overlapping local regions of the network, termed local social neighborhoods. Each …

Multilevel analysis and social network analysis both represent social structure, and have led
to statistical methodologies departing from the traditional atomic approach to social systems …

Many structural definitions for social community have been proposed in attempt to
characterize and further understand the structure of social relationships. Algorithms using …

Network analysis is the interdisciplinary study of social relations and has roots in
anthropology, sociology, psychology, and applied mathematics. It conceives of social …

In this paper, we explore the potential implications of geographical variability for the
structure of social networks. Beginning with some basic simplifying assumptions, we derive …

The intuitive background for measures of structural centrality in social networks is reviewed
and existing measures are evaluated in terms of their consistency with intuitions and their …