Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Brokerage Analysis	Blockmodeling
Πεδίο	Sociology	Sociology
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1989	1976
Δημιουργός	Roger Gould & Roberto Fernandez	Harrison White, Scott Boorman & Ronald Breiger
Τύπος	Classification of intermediary positions in a network	Network partitioning into positions and a reduced role structure
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Gould, R. V., & Fernandez, R. M. (1989). Structures of mediation: A formal approach to brokerage in transaction networks. Sociological Methodology, 19, 89–126.	White, H. C., Boorman, S. A., & Breiger, R. L. (1976). Social structure from multiple networks. I. Blockmodels of roles and positions. American Journal of Sociology, 81(4), 730–780.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Gould-Fernandez brokerage, brokerage roles, brokerage typology, structures of mediation	block modeling, blockmodel analysis, generalized blockmodeling, CONCOR
Συναφείς	5	4
Σύνοψη	Gould-Fernandez brokerage analysis classifies the intermediary positions actors occupy in a network. For every two-path in which an actor v sits between a source i and a target j, the analysis labels v's role according to the group memberships of the three actors, yielding five distinct brokerage types — coordinator, itinerant broker (consultant), gatekeeper, representative, and liaison. Counting how often each actor plays each role reveals who mediates within groups, who controls access across group boundaries, and who bridges otherwise separate communities.	Blockmodeling is a family of methods that simplify a social network by partitioning its actors into positions — groups of actors who are equivalent in their pattern of ties — and summarizing the relations between positions as a compact image, or reduced role structure. Introduced by Harrison White, Scott Boorman, and Ronald Breiger in 1976, it shifts attention from individuals to the structural roles they occupy.