Skip to main content
Taylor & Francis Group Logo
Advanced Search

Click here to search books using title name,author name and keywords.

  • Login
  • Hi, User  
    • Your Account
    • Logout
Advanced Search

Click here to search books using title name,author name and keywords.

Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages.

Chapter

Utility of Systems Network Analysis for Understanding Complexity in Primate Behavioral Management

Chapter

Utility of Systems Network Analysis for Understanding Complexity in Primate Behavioral Management

DOI link for Utility of Systems Network Analysis for Understanding Complexity in Primate Behavioral Management

Utility of Systems Network Analysis for Understanding Complexity in Primate Behavioral Management book

Utility of Systems Network Analysis for Understanding Complexity in Primate Behavioral Management

DOI link for Utility of Systems Network Analysis for Understanding Complexity in Primate Behavioral Management

Utility of Systems Network Analysis for Understanding Complexity in Primate Behavioral Management book

ByBrenda McCowan, Brianne Beisner
BookHandbook of Primate Behavioral Management

Click here to navigate to parent product.

Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2017
Imprint CRC Press
Pages 27
eBook ISBN 9781315120652

ABSTRACT

This chapter provides an overview of the potential importance of network analysis for primate welfare and management science. It presents an introduction to social network analysis, followed by a discussion of the utility of these tools for captive primate behavioral management, and in particular, social group management. Social networks are typically represented as sociograms. They can be represented both in matrix form and as a graph. A primary use of graph theory in social network analysis is to identify "important" or "key" actors. Centrality concepts quantify theoretical ideas about an individual actor's or node's prominence within a network. Especially useful metrics of prominence include degree, closeness, betweenness, and eigenvalue centrality. Percolation and Conductance is a method for characterizing directional flow through a directed, weighted network, and it is perhaps most useful for determining the hierarchical structure of a society, because dominance interactions are typically unidirectional within a dyad.

T&F logoTaylor & Francis Group logo
  • Policies
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Cookie Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Cookie Policy
  • Journals
    • Taylor & Francis Online
    • CogentOA
    • Taylor & Francis Online
    • CogentOA
  • Corporate
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
  • Help & Contact
    • Students/Researchers
    • Librarians/Institutions
    • Students/Researchers
    • Librarians/Institutions
  • Connect with us

Connect with us

Registered in England & Wales No. 3099067
5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG © 2021 Informa UK Limited