(SNA) Mapping and measuring of relationships and flows between people, groups, organizations, computers or other information/knowledge processing entities. Shares similarities to ELM (Expertise Location and Management)
Social netowrk analysis (SNA) is the use of information and knowledge from many people and their personal networks. It involves collecting massive amounts of data from multiple sources, analyzing the data to identify relationships and mining it for new information.
the mapping and measuring of relationships and flows between people, groups, organizations, computers or other information/knowledge processing entities. For an introduction, with further references, see for example Krebs or Morville.
Also called network theory, social network analysis examines the relationships between individuals or organizations. It is used as a tool to understand how people are connected, how organizations operate, and how problem are solved. One popular social network theory is "six degrees of separation."
"The mapping and measuring of relationships and flows between people, groups, organizations, computers or other information/knowledge processing entities. The nodes in the network are the people and groups, while the links show relationships or flows between the nodes."