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Glossary of Network Terminology


 

Embeddedness. See relational embeddedness and structural embeddedness. Normally refers to a property of ties between nodes. Occasionally (and confusingly) also used to refer to a property of nodes (in which case it is a vague allusion to being in the thick of things, such as having high eigenvector centrality).

 

Krackhardt, David. A Yoda-like character much beloved in network analysis.

 

Multiplexity. The condition of having multiple types of ties connecting the same two nodes. For example, A and B might be both friends and coworkers.

 

Relational embeddedness. The notion that some relations or interactions are embedded in others, such as the idea that economic transactions are embedded in social relationships. Often interpreted as strength of tie between two nodes, or as multiplexity.

 

Simmelian tie. David Krackhardt's version of structural embeddedness. The tie between A and B is simmelian if it is reciprocated and if there exists node C that has reciprocated ties to both A and B.

 

Structural embeddedness. A tie between nodes A and B is embedded if there is a third party C that both are connected to. The idea is that the presence of C affects/constrains/enables the relationship between A and B. The more third parties connected to both A and B, the more embedded is the tie between A and B. See also Simmelian tie.

 


 

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