AUTHORS: Bovril and Radiance
STATUS:Completed
This project is to develop a social network and submit it as a science fair project. The topics covered includes: social sciences (social network analysis), math (graph theory, statistics and matrix operations), and communication. Part of the objective will be to discover the alphas and cliques within a limited network of friends and acquaintances (no actual names will be used).
INTRODUCTION
People are, by nature, social animals. This is of such importance that their connections and relationships, their social network, defines who they are. Families, clubs, church groups and friend circles are examples of social networks. In fact, any activity where people have to come together and do something as a group can become a social network.
Recently, many websites have been created to utilise the social nature of humans. For example: Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon.com and Ebay and even Schoology, allow people to
- find each other
- share ideas
- share likes and dislikes
- share experiences and photos
- allow business to market their products
and so many more.