/* * Created on Sep 19, 2005 * * Copyright (c) 2005, the JUNG Project and the Regents of the University * of California * All rights reserved. * * This software is open-source under the BSD license; see either * "license.txt" or * http://jung.sourceforge.net/license.txt for a description. */ package edu.uci.ics.jung.algorithms.metrics; import org.apache.commons.collections15.Transformer; import edu.uci.ics.jung.graph.Graph; /** * Calculates some of the measures from Burt's text "Structural Holes: * The Social Structure of Competition". * *

Notes: *

* *

Based on code donated by Jasper Voskuilen and * Diederik van Liere of the Department of Information and Decision Sciences * at Erasmus University.

* * @author Joshua O'Madadhain * @author Jasper Voskuilen * @see "Ronald Burt, Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition" * @author Tom Nelson - converted to jung2 */ public class StructuralHoles { protected Transformer edge_weight; protected Graph g; /** * Creates a StructuralHoles instance based on the * edge weights specified by nev. */ public StructuralHoles(Graph graph, Transformer nev) { this.g = graph; this.edge_weight = nev; } /** * Burt's measure of the effective size of a vertex's network. Essentially, the * number of neighbors minus the average degree of those in v's neighbor set, * not counting ties to v. Formally: *
     * effectiveSize(v) = v.degree() - (sum_{u in N(v)} sum_{w in N(u), w !=u,v} p(v,w)*m(u,w))
     * 
* where *
    *
  • N(a) = a.getNeighbors() *
  • p(v,w) = normalized mutual edge weight of v and w *
  • m(u,w) = maximum-scaled mutual edge weight of u and w *
* @see #normalizedMutualEdgeWeight(Object, Object) * @see #maxScaledMutualEdgeWeight(Object, Object) */ public double effectiveSize(V v) { double result = g.degree(v); for(V u : g.getNeighbors(v)) { for(V w : g.getNeighbors(u)) { if (w != v && w != u) result -= normalizedMutualEdgeWeight(v,w) * maxScaledMutualEdgeWeight(u,w); } } return result; } /** * Returns the effective size of v divided by the number of * alters in v's network. (In other words, * effectiveSize(v) / v.degree().) * If v.degree() == 0, returns 0. */ public double efficiency(V v) { double degree = g.degree(v); if (degree == 0) return 0; else return effectiveSize(v) / degree; } /** * Burt's constraint measure (equation 2.4, page 55 of Burt, 1992). Essentially a * measure of the extent to which v is invested in people who are invested in * other of v's alters (neighbors). The "constraint" is characterized * by a lack of primary holes around each neighbor. Formally: *
     * constraint(v) = sum_{w in MP(v), w != v} localConstraint(v,w)
     * 
* where MP(v) is the subset of v's neighbors that are both predecessors and successors of v. * @see #localConstraint(Object, Object) */ public double constraint(V v) { double result = 0; for(V w : g.getSuccessors(v)) { if (v != w && g.isPredecessor(v,w)) { result += localConstraint(v, w); } } return result; } /** * Calculates the hierarchy value for a given vertex. Returns NaN when * v's degree is 0, and 1 when v's degree is 1. * Formally: *
     * hierarchy(v) = (sum_{v in N(v), w != v} s(v,w) * log(s(v,w))}) / (v.degree() * Math.log(v.degree()) 
     * 
* where *
    *
  • N(v) = v.getNeighbors() *
  • s(v,w) = localConstraint(v,w) / (aggregateConstraint(v) / v.degree()) *
* @see #localConstraint(Object, Object) * @see #aggregateConstraint(Object) */ public double hierarchy(V v) { double v_degree = g.degree(v); if (v_degree == 0) return Double.NaN; if (v_degree == 1) return 1; double v_constraint = aggregateConstraint(v); double numerator = 0; for (V w : g.getNeighbors(v)) { if (v != w) { double sl_constraint = localConstraint(v, w) / (v_constraint / v_degree); numerator += sl_constraint * Math.log(sl_constraint); } } return numerator / (v_degree * Math.log(v_degree)); } /** * Returns the local constraint on v from a lack of primary holes * around its neighbor v2. * Based on Burt's equation 2.4. Formally: *
     * localConstraint(v1, v2) = ( p(v1,v2) + ( sum_{w in N(v)} p(v1,w) * p(w, v2) ) )^2
     * 
* where *
    *
  • N(v) = v.getNeighbors() *
  • p(v,w) = normalized mutual edge weight of v and w *
* @see #normalizedMutualEdgeWeight(Object, Object) */ public double localConstraint(V v1, V v2) { double nmew_vw = normalizedMutualEdgeWeight(v1, v2); double inner_result = 0; for (V w : g.getNeighbors(v1)) { inner_result += normalizedMutualEdgeWeight(v1,w) * normalizedMutualEdgeWeight(w,v2); } return (nmew_vw + inner_result) * (nmew_vw + inner_result); } /** * The aggregate constraint on v. Based on Burt's equation 2.7. * Formally: *
     * aggregateConstraint(v) = sum_{w in N(v)} localConstraint(v,w) * O(w)
     * 
* where *
    *
  • N(v) = v.getNeighbors() *
  • O(w) = organizationalMeasure(w) *
*/ public double aggregateConstraint(V v) { double result = 0; for (V w : g.getNeighbors(v)) { result += localConstraint(v, w) * organizationalMeasure(g, w); } return result; } /** * A measure of the organization of individuals within the subgraph * centered on v. Burt's text suggests that this is * in some sense a measure of how "replaceable" v is by * some other element of this subgraph. Should be a number in the * closed interval [0,1]. * *

This implementation returns 1. Users may wish to override this * method in order to define their own behavior.

*/ protected double organizationalMeasure(Graph g, V v) { return 1.0; } /** * Returns the proportion of v1's network time and energy invested * in the relationship with v2. Formally: *
     * normalizedMutualEdgeWeight(a,b) = mutual_weight(a,b) / (sum_c mutual_weight(a,c))
     * 
* Returns 0 if either numerator or denominator = 0, or if v1 == v2. * @see #mutualWeight(Object, Object) */ protected double normalizedMutualEdgeWeight(V v1, V v2) { if (v1 == v2) return 0; double numerator = mutualWeight(v1, v2); if (numerator == 0) return 0; double denominator = 0; for (V v : g.getNeighbors(v1)) { denominator += mutualWeight(v1, v); } if (denominator == 0) return 0; return numerator / denominator; } /** * Returns the weight of the edge from v1 to v2 * plus the weight of the edge from v2 to v1; * if either edge does not exist, it is treated as an edge with weight 0. * Undirected edges are treated as two antiparallel directed edges (that * is, if there is one undirected edge with weight w connecting * v1 to v2, the value returned is 2w). * Ignores parallel edges; if there are any such, one is chosen at random. * Throws NullPointerException if either edge is * present but not assigned a weight by the constructor-specified * NumberEdgeValue. */ protected double mutualWeight(V v1, V v2) { E e12 = g.findEdge(v1,v2); E e21 = g.findEdge(v2,v1); double w12 = (e12 != null ? edge_weight.transform(e12).doubleValue() : 0); double w21 = (e21 != null ? edge_weight.transform(e21).doubleValue() : 0); return w12 + w21; } /** * The marginal strength of v1's relation with contact vertex2. * Formally: *
     * normalized_mutual_weight = mutual_weight(a,b) / (max_c mutual_weight(a,c))
     * 
* Returns 0 if either numerator or denominator is 0, or if v1 == v2. * @see #mutualWeight(Object, Object) */ protected double maxScaledMutualEdgeWeight(V v1, V v2) { if (v1 == v2) return 0; double numerator = mutualWeight(v1, v2); if (numerator == 0) return 0; double denominator = 0; for (V w : g.getNeighbors(v1)) { if (v2 != w) denominator = Math.max(numerator, mutualWeight(v1, w)); } if (denominator == 0) return 0; return numerator / denominator; } }