Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences, Series Number 8)

Social Network Analysis is a set of tools in researching, specially combined with Artificial Intelligence Methods like Machine Learning, Deep Learning, etc. This book is very necessary because of its mathematical background for descriptive and inferential statistic analysis of networks and graphs, for a starting point, this is very recommendable book.About edition, well I bought a second hand edition, it came with some marks and notes with marker and pencil, but, the rest of book is in good conditions, soft cover and very legible letters, articles are ordered in a good sequences to understand it. You will need a solid base of mathematics to understand second part of this book, but first is very readable, better than the mostly articles about Social Network Analysis you could find in the Web. White bright paper and clear printing help you to enjoy the reading, of course this is not a "Understanding Social Network in Ten days", is a very big book, but I don't regret this great bought.

This used to be "the book" - the only one on social network analysis - for a couple of decades. It still remains "the book" for some of the foundational concepts. While there are better books out there in terms of modern applications, you want to have it on your shelf when you want to go back to the basics.

Excellent resource for those interested in Social Network Analysis. The book is a bit technical but can still be read by those crime and intelligence analyst wanting to learn more about Social Network Analysis history, techniques and applications.

A complex and advanced book on social network

I think, This book is the best written book I have ever read. I use it to teach my students how to write. My first language is spanish, but the book is so well written that is extremily easy to read and understand. And most important than this, it is an excelente and necessary book to introduce social network analisys to any new practitioner.

This book is very comprehensive, but that's not always a good thing. I'd have an easier time looking up stuff if I had an electronic version. I tried selling this book back, and Amazon offered $8 which is a joke.. Get it at a library if you can find it.

I first bought this book in 2001 when I first took a network analysis course. It has not been updated, but it is still the book that I use the most frequently from my library. It is faithful to the early theory of network analysis, and it also covers all of the nuts and bolts of numerous network methods.

Exactly as expected!