# Dynamic network analysis
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** network dynamics
- **Microsimmability score:** 74/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Number of nodes`
- `Edge churn rate`
- `Time step`
### What animates
Edges appear and vanish over time, reshaping clusters as the churn rate changes.
### Learning objective
Show how a network's [[Structure|structure]] evolves over time.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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`Account_verification` · `Adolescent_clique` · `Affinity_fraud` · `Algorithmic_amplification` · `Algorithmic_radicalization` · `Ambient_awareness` · `Assortative_mixing` · `Attention_economy` · `Attention_inequality` · `Blockmodeling` · `Bridge_(interpersonal)` · `Clique` · `Collaboration_graph` · `Collaborative_consumption` · `Collaborative_finance` · `Community_recognition` · `Complex_contagion` · `Computer_addiction` · `Computer_simulation_and_organizational_studies` · `Consequential_strangers` · `Corporate_social_media` · `Creator_economy` · `Distributed_social_network` · `Enterprise_social_networking` · `Enterprise_social_software` · `Friend_of_a_friend` · `Friending_and_following` · `Friendship_paradox` · `Friendship_recession` · `Function_(mathematics)` · `Geosocial_networking` · `Giant_Global_Graph` · `Graph_dynamical_system` · [[Graph_theory]] · `Huan_Liu` · `Influence-for-hire` · `Influencer_marketing` · `Information_overload` · `International_Network_for_Social_Network_Analysis` · `Lateral_communication` · `Link_analysis` · `List_of_social_networking_services` · `List_of_virtual_communities_with_more_than_1_million_users` · `Mia_Bloom` · `Mobile_social_network` · `Narrowcasting` · `Network_dynamics` · [[Network_science]] · [[Network_theory]] · `Node_(networking)` · `Online_identity` · `Organizational_network_analysis` · `Overchoice` · `Peer_pressure` · `Persona_(user_experience)` · `Personal_knowledge_networking` · `Personal_network` · `Professional_network_service` · `Real_number` · `Reputation_system` · `Semantic_social_network` · `Sequential_dynamical_system` · `Sexual_network` · `Sharing_economy` · `Six_degrees_of_separation` · `Small-world_experiment` · `Social_aspects_of_television` · `Social_bot` · `Social_capital` · `Social_commerce` · `Social_data_revolution` · `Social_exchange_theory` · `Social_graph` · `Social_identity_theory` · `Social_invisibility` · `Social_media` · `Social_media_analytics` · `Social_media_and_psychology` · `Social_media_and_suicide` · `Social_media_intelligence` · `Social_media_mining` · `Social_media_optimization` · `Social_network` · `Social_network_aggregation` · [[Social_network_analysis]] · `Social_network_analysis_software` · `Social_network_game` · `Social_networking_service` · `Social_profiling` · `Social_simulation` · `Social_sorting` · `Social_television` · `Social_web` · `Structural_cohesion` · `Structural_endogamy` · `Subset` · `Time` · `Tribe_(internet)` · `Uncertainty` · `User_profile` · `Value_network` · `Vertex_(graph_theory)` · `Viral_marketing` · `Viral_phenomenon` · `Virtual_collective_consciousness`
> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Thinking · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_network_analysis)
> Relation: subfield of systems thinking.
## Concept summary
Dynamic network analysis (DNA) is an emergent scientific field that brings together traditional [[Social_network_analysis|social network analysis]] (SNA), link analysis (LA), social simulation and multi-agent systems (MAS) within [[Network_science|network science]] and network theory. Dynamic networks are a function of time (modeled as a subset ...
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems thinking)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Dynamic network analysis
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render network dynamics; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
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## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Agent-based_model]] · [[Complex_system]] · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Emergence]] · [[Feedback]] · [[Self-organization]] · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]].
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