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dc.contributor.advisorSteinley, Douglaseng
dc.contributor.authorHoffman, Michaelaeng
dc.date.issued2013eng
dc.date.submitted2013 Springeng
dc.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on September 9, 2013).eng
dc.descriptionThe entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file.eng
dc.descriptionThesis advisor: Dr. Doug Steinleyeng
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.descriptionM.A. University of Missouri--Columbia 2013.eng
dc.descriptionDissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Psychology.eng
dc.description"May 2013"eng
dc.description.abstractAs network data gains popularity for research in various fields, the need for methods to predict future links or find missing links in the data has increased. One subset of the methodology used to solve this problem involves creating a similarity measure between each pair of nodes in the network. Currently, these algorithms are not performing as well as needed. Here we present a new method, using Cohen's κ, to create a similarity measure between nodes. The effectiveness of this method is then compared to a number of other similarity measures and assessed on a variety of simulated data sets with block model structure. Since Cohen's κ can also provide information on dissimilarity, we then go on to test its use for detecting incorrect links in network data.eng
dc.format.extentiv, 13 pageseng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/37950
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.sourceSubmitted by the University of Missouri--Columbia Graduate Schooleng
dc.subjectsocial networkeng
dc.subjectlink predictioneng
dc.subjectsimilarity measureeng
dc.titleCohen's kappa as a method for link predictioneng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychological sciences (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelMasterseng
thesis.degree.nameM.A.eng


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