Date:         Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:08:45 -0800
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Subject:      Re: Link Analysis, Social Network Analysis, SNA
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Check out Jim Moody's macro library SAS Programs for Analyzing Networks
(SPAN). It's free!

http://www.sociology.ohio-state.edu/jwm/soc_net_methods.htm


Arthur Tabachneck wrote:
> Rob,
>
> I have the same analytical need.  Do you know if the link analysis
> routines included with the latest version of Enterprise Miner (
> http://support.sas.com/software/91x/emguiwhatsnew900.htm ) come
> sufficiently close to be a viable contender?
>
> Art
> ------------
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:22:57 -0800, Rob <data_sleuth_2006@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> >Link Analysis, Social Network Analysis, SNA
> >
> >Social Network Analysis has a lot of applications including but not
> >limited to pharmaceuticals, fraud, criminal investigations, Internet
> >and genetics.  This posting is a list of interesting sites that I have
> >come across in my research.  Please feel free to add comments,
> >additional links, etc.
> >
> >My application of SNA is more towards fraud and suspicious behavior
> >detection.  If anyone can recommend a good software package for pattern
> >detection, I would appreciate it.
> >
> >**************************************************************************
> *******
> >**************************************************************************
> *******
> >
> >Interesting animation showing how patterns are identified:
> >http://ailab.uta.edu/subdue/
> >
> >
> >Visualizations (Graphics)
> >http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/     (EXCELLENT!!! List of thumbnails)
> >http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?
> id=119&index=119&domain=
> >http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project_details.cfm?
> id=317&index=43&domain=Social%20Networks
> >http://www.caida.org/tools/visualization/walrus/        (Excellent
> information
> >available)
> >http://www.netminer.com/NetMiner/product_01.jsp
> >http://www.wand.net.nz/scamper/
> >
> >
> >Software (Commercial and Open Source):
> >http://www.megaputer.com/products/pa/algorithms/la.php3
> >http://www.caida.org/
> >
> >General Readings and Information:
> >http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dunja/TextLink2003/
> >http://www.kdnuggets.com/software/link-analysis.html