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if you use the sna package inside the R framework, see the help for  
the hdist() function...

those are the cited references:

Banks, D., and Carley, K.M. (1994). “Metric Inference for Social  
Networks.” Journal of Classification, 11(1), 121-49.
Butts, C.T., and Carley, K.M. (2001). “Multivariate Methods for  
Interstructural Analysis.” CASOS working paper, Carnegie Mellon  
University.
Hamming, R.W. (1950). “Error Detecting and Error Correcting Codes.”  
Bell System Technical Journal, 29, 147-160.

btw, here is the link to the manual: http://cran.at.r-project.org/web/packages/sna/sna.pdf

all the best,
simone

Il giorno 21/mag/08, alle ore 17:10, Parsram, Kemraj ha scritto:

> Thanks Simone
>
> Do you have any papers outlining how this was used?
>
> Kemraj Parsram
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: simone gabbriellini [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wed 5/21/2008 10:53 AM
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> Hi,
>
> if nodes are the same in the two networks, you can use hamming
> distance to find how close they are.
>
> Cheers,
> simone
>
>
> Il giorno 21/mag/08, alle ore 16:31, Parsram, Kemraj ha scritto:
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> > Hi Colleagues
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> > I got some initial suggestions and papers from an earlier request,
> > however I am a newbie to SNA and I am desperate now. I am developing
> > my research proposal methods. I need your help on methods to compare
> > structure in two different social networks, which may also have
> > similar nodes.
> >
> > Please help. Cheers
> >
> > Kemraj Parsram
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> > University of the West Indies
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