The present volume provides a comprehensive resource for practitioners and researchers
alike-both those new to the field as well as those who already have some experience. The work
covers Social Network Analysis theory and methods with a focus on current applications and case
studies applied in various domains such as mobile networks security machine learning and
health. With the increasing popularity of Web 2.0 social media has become a widely used
communication platform. Parallel to this development Social Network Analysis gained in
importance as a research field while opening up many opportunities in different application
domains. Forming a bridge between theory and applications makes this work appealing to both
academics and practitioners as well as graduate students.
