Table 2 Network analysis methods

Social network analysis

Networks that examine social structure of graph, where nodes typically represent actors/people

GIS-based network

A graph in which the nodes and edges are defined based on georeferenced data

Routing problem

Typically, the same as GIS-based networks, however main objective is finding optimal/shortest path in the network

Ecological network analysis

Network methods that follow typical ENA approaches, where flows between systems/nodes are analysed

Modelling/simulation

Computational model-based methods in which network analysis is incorporated

Standard network

Networks that follow standard structures

Complex network

Networks that follow complex structures

Content analysis

Textual/bibliographic based network methods

Other

Any method that does not fall into any of the above categories