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Dolphin Social Network

An undirected social network of frequent associations between dolphins

An undirected social network of frequent associations between 62 dolphins in a community living off Doubtful Sound, New Zealand.

(62 vertices, 159 edges)

Examples

Basic Examples

Retrieve the graph:

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ResourceData["Dolphin Social Network"]
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Summary properties:

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ResourceData["Dolphin Social Network", All]["Summary"]
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Basic Applications

Find the communities between the dolphins:

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g = ResourceData["Dolphin Social Network"];
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communities = FindGraphCommunities[g, Method -> "Hierarchical"]
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Predict the split of the network in the case of a conflict:

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HighlightGraph[g, Subgraph[g, #] & /@ communities, GraphHighlightStyle -> "DehighlightHide"]
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Wolfram Research, "Dolphin Social Network" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2019)  

Data Resource History

  • Date Created:

Source Metadata

  • Citation:
    • D. Lusseau, K. Schneider, O. J. Boisseau, P. Haase, E. Slooten, and S. M. Dawson, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54 , 396-405 (2003).

Publisher Information

  • Prepared for the Wolfram Data Repository By: Wolfram
  • Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research