ARS'11 International Workshop is a follow up to two very successful previous editions ( ARS'07 and ARS'09) and will be held on June 23-25, 2011 in Naples (Italy).
Collaboration networks attract a lot of attention in many fields and are considered a key element in the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in scientific as well as in socio-economic domains. The workshop has the objective of presenting the most relevant results and recent developments in the areas of Collaboration Networks, Innovation Networks and Knowledge Diffusion.
The workshop also aims to deepen existing scientific cooperation between Social network analysts, to establish new cooperation between researchers, and to provide a forum for exchange of ideas among them.
The workshop topics include:
- Collaboration theory
- Analysis of innovation networks in economics environments
- Sources of collaboration data
- Social Network Analysis methods for collaboration data
The Workshop will host invited and contributed papers sessions.
Tutorials on "Pajek" and "R-Statnet" software will be offered.