Dissipation and bondedness in networks via conflict-based cohesion

IF 2.4 2区社会学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY

Social Networks Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-22 DOI:10.1016/j.socnet.2025.12.003

Kenneth S. Berenhaut , Liangdongsheng Lyu , Yuxiao Zhou

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a method to measure the extent to which individual ties in a social network contribute to cohesiveness in subgroups through consideration of heterogeneity in local/global connectedness. Employing the concept of (conflict-based) cohesion introduced recently by Berenhaut, Moore and Melvin [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (4) (2022)], we define a measure of dissipation of cohesion over edges, as well as an accompanying local threshold which distinguishes dissipative from bonded ties. The resulting network of bonded edges can provide structural connectivity information which does not suffer from some typical resolution issues, while the network of dissipative ties can be used to identify regions of network vulnerability and possible fission. Importantly, the method can identify crucial and intermediary independent nodes, which may be informative in social and other settings. Applications to real-world data including two-mode networks are considered.

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基于冲突的内聚在网络中的耗散和粘合

在本文中，我们引入了一种方法，通过考虑本地/全球连通性的异质性，来衡量社会网络中的个人联系对子群体凝聚力的贡献程度。采用Berenhaut， Moore和Melvin最近提出的（基于冲突的）凝聚力概念[美国国家科学院院刊，119(4)(2022)]，我们定义了边缘上凝聚力耗散的度量，以及伴随的局部阈值，该阈值将耗散与粘合关系区分开来。由此产生的键合边网络可以提供结构连通性信息，而不受一些典型的解决问题的影响，而耗散连接网络可以用来识别网络脆弱性和可能的裂变区域。重要的是，该方法可以识别关键和中间独立节点，这可能在社会和其他环境中提供信息。考虑了包括双模式网络在内的实际数据的应用。

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Social Networks Multiple-

CiteScore

5.90

自引率

12.90%

发文量

118

期刊介绍： Social Networks is an interdisciplinary and international quarterly. It provides a common forum for representatives of anthropology, sociology, history, social psychology, political science, human geography, biology, economics, communications science and other disciplines who share an interest in the study of the empirical structure of social relations and associations that may be expressed in network form. It publishes both theoretical and substantive papers. Critical reviews of major theoretical or methodological approaches using the notion of networks in the analysis of social behaviour are also included, as are reviews of recent books dealing with social networks and social structure.