network analysis
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of network analysis
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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In addition to the footprint analysis, the researchers used ecological network analysis based on mathematical network theory to compare data from this site with other coastal archaeological locations in the Iberian Peninsula.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2025
In 1999, Loris Degioanni made his first contributions to an open source network analysis tool that eventually became Wireshark, as part of his master’s thesis.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
He and his colleagues used a so-called network analysis, a process that looks at how different people or objects relate to and interact with one another.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 22, 2023
Police departments, politicians, academics, and policymakers are again embracing focused deterrence, a violence reduction strategy that relies on strategic subject lists, gang databases, and social network analysis as a way to reduce violence.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2022
“This is what disinformation will look like in the U.S. in 2020,” said Camille François, chief innovation officer at the New York-based social network analysis company Graphika.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2019
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