Social Network Analysis (SNA) relates to mapping, understanding, analyzing and measuring interactions across a network of people. Social networks, both formal as well as informal can foster knowledge sharing among participants. This has interesting implications on enterprises wanting to leverage social networks to draw insights and inferences on user preferences as well as user participation in networks. Using SNA, analysts can explore questions related to social networks such as Who are the members to watch?, What are they saying?, Where do they interact?, Strength of interactions, Emergence of sub-groups? etc. This project will explore Social Network Analysis (SNA) and its implications for knowledge discovery in Informal Networks.
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