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Thomas,

A totally different approach, may be of interest...

http://www.orgnet.com/PowerInNetworks.pdf

Original document was written for a client who wanted to map foreign
leaders and their formal/informal ties.

Valdis



On Sep 1, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Thomas Friemel wrote:

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> Dear list members,
>
> I'm working on the analysis of the hierarchical structure in digraphs
> and on
> the position (status) of single nodes in it. By doing so, I tried to
> apply
> Krackhardt's hierarchization index (1994) but couldn't find it in the
> applications I'm familiar with (UCINET, Pajek, VISONE). Could somebody
> point
> me to a software I can calculate it? But I'm also open for other
> ideas. If
> there are other indexes for the hierarchy of a network (which are
> implemented in a SNA software) please let me know.
>
> I've the same problem with the 'Iterated Hubbell' index for measuring
> the
> relative standing (status) in small groups, which is described by
> Doreian
> (1986). Any idea how I can calculate it or is it outdated anyway?
>
> Many thanks for your feedback!
> Thomas
>
> - Krackhardt, David (1994): Graph Theoretical Dimensions of Informal
> Organizations. In: Carley, Kathleen M./Prietula, Michael J.:
> Computational
> Organization Theory. Hillsdale, P. 89-111
>
> - Doreian, Patrick (1986): Measuring Relative Standing in Small Groups
> and
> Bounded Social Networks. In: Social Psychology Quarterly 49/3, S.
> 247-259.
>
>
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