The utility of social network analysis for informing zoo management: Changing network dynamics of a group of captive hamadryas baboons ( Papio hamadryas ) following an introduction of two young males

Zoo Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louisa M. Radosevich ◽  
Karin Enstam Jaffe ◽  
Darren E. Minier
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Network Dynamics ◽  
Papio Hamadryas ◽  
Hamadryas Baboons ◽  
Young Males

A Dynamic and Context-Aware Social Network Approach for Multiple Criteria Decision Making Through a Graph-Based Knowledge Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 53-74
Author(s):  
Alessandro Di Stefano ◽  
Marialisa Scatà ◽  
Aurelio La Corte ◽  
Evelina Giacchi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Context Awareness ◽  
Network Dynamics ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Personal Knowledge ◽  
Decision Making Process

Complexity and dynamics characterize a social network and its processes. Social network analysis and graph theory could be used to describe and explore the connectedness among the different entities. Network dynamics further increases the complexity, as each entity with its personal knowledge, cognitive and reasoning capabilities, thinks, decides and acts in a social network, characterized by the heterogeneity of nodes and ties among them. Social network analysis becomes critical to the decision-making process, where a network node will consider both its personal knowledge and the influences received from its neighbors. Network dynamics and the node's context-awareness affect the relationships among criteria, modifying their ranking in a multiple criteria decision-making process, and hence the decision itself. Thus, the main aim has been to model the decision-making process within a social network, considering both context-awareness and network dynamics. Moreover, we have introduced a process of knowledge-transfer, where the criteria are represented by the knowledge-related values.

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