Using fortran program Dyn in conjunction with Pajek for analyzing simulated and actual network evolution

in terms of micro dynamics of agent behaviors and strategies and how these are related, in reciprocal fashion, to the emergence of macrostructure. In the simplest case each iteration in actual network evolution is compared to a simulated iteration given the same agent-attribute and network structure to study how agent behaviors depart from randomness in structured ways. The findings at each iteration and over classes of agents provide clues to varieties of agent cognition, strategy and rule-governed behaviors. Findings are useful, in turn, for redesign/reconceptualizing simulations. Within this approach I pose questions about criticalities in network evolution (emergence of giant components, bicomponents, tricomponents) and how they interact with the attributes and network positions (e.g., centrality and connectivity by degree and block membership) to produce systemic changes in the organizational environment as well as in the kinds of behaviors exhibited by agents. Illustrations include time series in kinship, marriage and political networks and in Walter Powell's study of biotech industry networks, 1988-2000.

Coding for Analysis of Network Dynamics - Sample for Biotech industries 

*Fixed Cotomies     3  constant for all time periods 
  1  1 Public 2 Private
  2  1 W. Coast 2 E. Coast 3 Other US 4 Europe 5 Japan 6 OtherDev 7 Develpng
  3  1 therapeutics 2  diagnostics 3 ther & diag 4  diversified  
*Vertices         482
    1    1    6    2 AGEN_Ltd         85   86    0
    2    1    1    1 Agouron_Pharma   84   87    0
    3    1    2    3 Alfacell_Corp    81   83    0
  ...
  480    1    4    3 TCS_Biological   91    0    0
  481    1    6    1 TerraGen_Diver   96    0    0
  482    1    6    3 Yes_Biotech_La   89    0    0
*Changing Cotomies 22  varying for time periods
 1 Sales             in $M: 3 cat   <1.85 <10.72 >
 2 Operating Income  in $M: 3 cat  <-9.57 <-3.04 >
 ...
 21 1% Inc Size of Tricomponent (among all Firms)1
 22 0=None 1=BDAT 2=IPO 3=MRGD+IPO 4=MRGD 9=NONE
 23 0=Low 1=Med 2=High betweenness centrality
 24 0=Low 1=Med 2=High degree centrality
*Time Periods      12     with changing cotomies
    1  1 -1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
    1  2 -1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
    ...
    1 21  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
    1 22  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2
    2  1  0  0  0  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  2
    2  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  2
  ...
  482 21  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
  482 22  0  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1

Accompanied by a Pajek Network file coded for dynamical analysis - Sample for Biotech industries 

*Vertices         482

    1 "  1AGEN_L" ellipse x_fact 1.0 y_fact 1.0 [88-99]
    2 "  2Agouro" ellipse x_fact 1.0 y_fact 1.0 [88-99]
    3 "  3Alface" ellipse x_fact 1.0 y_fact 1.0 [88-99]
    4 "  4Alpha_" ellipse x_fact 1.0 y_fact 1.0 [88-99]
    5 "  5ALZA_C" ellipse x_fact 1.7 y_fact 1.7 [88-99]
    ...
  479 "479Synt:e" ellipse x_fact 1.0 y_fact 1.0 [88-99]
  480 "480TCS_Bi" ellipse x_fact 1.0 y_fact 1.0 [88-99]
  481 "481TerraG" ellipse x_fact 1.0 y_fact 1.0 [88-99]
  482 "482Yes_Bi" ellipse x_fact 1.0 y_fact 1.0 [88-99]
*Edges
  394    2    2 l " 9 2" c Blue    [98-99]
  233   10    2 l " 9 2" c Blue    [91-93]
   99   17    2 l " 9 2" c Blue    [90-99]
  301   26    2 l " 9 2" c Blue    [94-99]
    4   30    3 l "10 3" c Green   [88-95]
  167   31    3 l "21 3" c Green   [89-99]
   34   34    3 l "10 3" c Green   [88-96]
   34   34    3 l "10 3" c Green   [88-96]
  411   34    2 l " 9 2" c Blue    [92-98]
  420   40    2 l "22 2" c Blue    [90-91]
  384   41    2 l " 9 2" c Blue    [97-99]
   55   55    3 l "10 3" c Green   [88-91]
   55   55    3 l "10 3" c Green   [88-91]
  388   60    2 l " 9 2" c Blue    [94-97]
  191   63    2 l "22 2" c Blue    [90-92]
  125   68    2 l " 9 2" c Blue    [91-91]
   17   99    4 l "11 4" c Magenta [90-99]
   99   99    4 l "11 4" c Magenta [90-99]
   99   99    4 l "11 4" c Magenta [90-99]
  164  114    4 l "11 4" c Magenta [90-91]
  272  114    2 l " 9 2" c Blue    [92-97]
  227  120    4 l "11 4" c Magenta [94-99]
   68  125    1 l " 2 1" c Red     [91-91]
  ...