Social network between members of a university karate club, led by
president John A. and karate instructor Mr. Hi (pseudonyms). The edge weights are the number of common activities the club
members took part of. These activities were:
- Association in and between academic classes at the university.
- Membership in Mr. Hi's private karate studio on the east side
of the city where Mr. Hi taught nights as a part-time instructor.
- Membership in Mr. Hi's private karate studio on the east side
of the city, where many of his supporters worked out on weekends.
- Student teaching at the east-side karate studio referred to in
(2). This is different from (2) in that student teachers interacted
with each other, but were prohibited from interacting with their
students.
- Interaction at the university rathskeller, located in the same
basement as the karate club's workout area.
- Interaction at a student-oriented bar located across the
street from the university campus.
- Attendance at open karate tournaments held through the area at
private karate studios.
- Attendance at intercollegiate karate tournaments held at local
universities. Since both open and intercollegiate tournaments were
held on Saturdays, attendance at both was impossible.
Zachary studied conflict and fission in this network, as the karate
club was split into two separate clubs, after long disputes between
two factions of the club, one led by John A., the other by Mr. Hi.
The ‘Faction’ vertex attribute gives the faction memberships of
the actors. After the split of the club, club members chose their
new clubs based on their factions, except actor no. 9, who was in John
A.'s faction but chose Mr. Hi's club.