The Key Player Problem

12 Pages Posted: 23 Jun 2008

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Steve Borgatti

University of Kentucky; LINKS Center

Date Written: September 21, 2002

Abstract

The key player problem (KPP) consists of two separate sub-problems, which can be described at a general level as follows:

1. (KPP-1) Given a social network, find a set of k nodes (called a kp-set of order k) which, if removed, would maximally disrupt communication among the remaining nodes.

2. (KPP-2) Given a social network, find a kp-set of order k that is maximally connected to all other nodes.

Keywords: group centrality, fragmentation, disrupt, influence, social network

Suggested Citation

Borgatti, Steve, The Key Player Problem (September 21, 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1149843 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1149843

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