KAMG: A Tool for Converting Blood Ties and Affinity Ties into Adjacency Matrices

Authors

  • Hang Xiong School of Sociology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland and Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, UK https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-2777
  • Pin Xiong School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai
  • Hui Xiong School of Earth Sciences, Yangtze University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.99

Keywords:

Social Networks, Adjacency Matrix, Kinship, Family Trees, Genealogies

Abstract

Kinship Adjacency Matrix Generator (KAMG) is a browser-based software for creating adjacency matrices using the information of kinship ties. Specifically, it is capable of converting the family trees in the format of GEDCOM files into adjacency matrices of blood relationship. With the data of intermarriages between different families, it can further create the adjacency matrix of affinity relationship for the families. The outcomes can be directly used to create networks. KAMG is written in JavaScript and implemented on web browsers. It is completely open source and the source code is publicly available on GitHub.

Author Biographies

Hang Xiong, School of Sociology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland and Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, UK

PhD in Complex Systems and Computational Social Sciences

Pin Xiong, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai

MSc in Computer Science

Hui Xiong, School of Earth Sciences, Yangtze University

BSc in Information Engineering

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Published

2016-07-19

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Software Metapapers

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