Social-Networks

Now that I and the rest of the Internet has grown accustomed to Google Plus and Facebook’s most recent friend categorization features, I thought it was time to revisit and revise a previously unpublished piece of mine. Take a moment and think about your friends, family, colleagues, friends of friends, acquaintances, and members of the same social club. These six groups could comprise a large part, but certainly not all, of the people that you know....

Social network analysis is the study of connections, flows, and structure among people, groups, organizations, and systems. The points or nodes in the network may include people, routers, or even disease vectors. The ability to analyze communication patterns and social networks has become a major component of eDiscovery systems. Packages from Autonomy’s Zantaz, Cataphora, and Seagate’s i365 MetaLINCS all feature social network analysis functionality. Research, development, and experimentation in social network analysis tools are likely to make significant contributions to commercial eDiscovery systems in the future....