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title: How social network analysis is used
date: "2005-10-28T12:00:00Z"
categories:
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description: I explore how social network analysis is applied through an interview with InFlow's creators. For my own SNA projects, I have used a combination of Perl scripts and Excel rather than dedicated software.
keywords: [social network analysis, inflow, perl, excel, network mapping]
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An interview with the creators of InFlow (a software to map social networks) shows [how social network analysis is used](http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/03/26/13FEsocialint_1.html).

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## Comments

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- **Dhar** _30 Oct 2005 6:10 am_:
  Anand, do you know of any freely available Social Network Analysis tool?
- **S Anand** _31 Oct 2005 6:16 pm_:
  Afraid not. I've only done this twice in projects, and I just used Excel and Perl both times.

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