Social relations provide a primary index for document collections. Yet, the analysis and visualization of these relations are not well supported by digital libraries or document collection systems. Data extraction and visualization techniques are presented that powerfully illustrate an individual’s social network, thereby aiding document collection navigation and discovery.
By: Douglas N. Gordin
Published in: RC22564 in 2002
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