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Node
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An agent
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Tie
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A communication link between two agents via email, text message, telephone or face-to-face
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Group
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A set of agents who are closely connected to one another
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Clique
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A set of agents who are all connected to one another
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Subsystem
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A set of agents who are highly connected and execute a part of the organization’s overall task
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Broker
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An agent who connects (otherwise) disconnected groups
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Density
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The number of ties a set of agents have in relation to the number of possible ties they can have
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Clique overlap
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The percentage of agents who are members of more than one clique for a specific task
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Degree
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The number of ties of one agent
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Betweenness centrality
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The number of times a node (agent) lies on the shortest path between other nodes (agents)
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Multiplexity
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The percentage of agents in a clique for a task who are also members of cliques for other tasks.
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Centralization
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The extent to which a set of nodes (agents) are organized around a central node (agent)
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