Entries Tagged as ‘Social Network Analysis’

November 2, 2007

Introducing WikiNetNav

Social network analysis of wiki pages, their authorship, and relationships between contributors currently utilize graph-based visualizations. However, there is no readily available tool for end-users to visualize these networks. WikiNetNav is a new tool for wiki end-users to explore social networks implied through co-authorship, review changes made by other users, and to personalize and visualize [...]

November 2, 2007

Social Network Analysis of TikiWiki

Videos and slides of my presentation at the Free Software and Open Source Symposium on social network analysis of the TikiWiki open source community are now available.

September 28, 2007

Open Source Business Resource

Back in July, the Talent First Network launched a Creative Commons licensed online publication called the Open Source Business Resource, now into its third issue, and available at www.osbr.ca. My article on “Open Source as Community” appears on page 20 in the PDF version. You can also access the HTML version directly here. While we [...]

June 23, 2007

Business Intelligence Technology Partnerships

Social network analysis applied to the study of alliances can provide an indication of the industry environment in which firms operate, and the relative competitive position of each firm vis-à-vis its competitors. Using public information from websites and the snowball method of sampling, the top five most influential vendors in the business intelligence space are [...]