Primary role identification in dynamic social networks

Abstract

Social networks often forms very complex structures that additionally change over time. Description of actors' roles in such structures requires to take into account this dynamics reflecting behavioral characteristics of the actors. A role can be defined as a sequence of different types of activities. Various types of activities are modeled by pattern subgraphs, whereas sequences of these activities are modeled by sequence diagrams. For such defined roles, a role identification procedure is proposed assigning to each actor his or her primary role played in a dynamic social network.