network analysis

American  

noun

1. a mathematical method of analyzing complex problems, as in transportation or project scheduling, by representing the problem as a network of lines and nodes.

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Etymology

Origin of network analysis

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

In 1999, Loris Degioanni made his first contributions to an open source network analysis tool that eventually became Wireshark, as part of his master’s thesis.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

In it they use a novel technique called network analysis to study whether it can reveal the subtle changes associated with subjective cognitive decline that cannot be detected through standard test analyses.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2024

He and his colleagues used a so-called network analysis, a process that looks at how different people or objects relate to and interact with one another.

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2023

Police departments, politicians, academics, and policymakers are again embracing focused deterrence, a violence reduction strategy that relies on strategic subject lists, gang databases, and social network analysis as a way to reduce violence.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2022

“This is what disinformation will look like in the U.S. in 2020,” said Camille François, chief innovation officer at the New York-based social network analysis company Graphika.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2019