Personal connection network analysis apparatus and method, storage medium storing personal connection network analysis program organizational rigidity determination apparatus and method, and storage medium storing organizational rigidity determination program

1. A personal connection network analysis apparatus comprising:

an event history unit that holds histories of events related to organization members;

a human social relationship calculation unit that extracts from the event history unit, histories of events common to both a first member of the organization members and second members of the organization members and calculates a first human social relationship between the second members based on the extracted histories of events;

a network information holding unit that holds the calculated first human social relationship as link information between a plurality of nodes to represent a personal connection network unique to the first member, the nodes being respectively indicative of the second members in the personal connection network unique to the first member;

a network generation unit that extracts the link information and the plurality of nodes from the network information holding unit and forms an organizational network from the personal connection network unique to the first member by determining a strength of the nodes and a strength of the link information; and

a position information detection part that detects the physical presence of the members in a room by identifying a tag carried by the members and by determining position information about the members, wherein

the strength of the link information is calculated as a function of an accumulated time in which the members are physically together based on the information provided by the position information detection part, and an elapsed time from a point in time that the members were last physically together for a duration of time based on the information provided by the position information detection part.

2. A personal connection network analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an event is when plural ones of the organization members are in a same place, and the plural ones of the organization members include, but not limited to, the first and second members.

3. A personal connection network analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

a determination unit that determines an event based on the position information detected by the detection unit.

4. A personal connection network analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the human social relationship calculation unit accumulates time for which the first member and the second members are in a same place, and calculates a relation between the second members based on the accumulated time.

5. A personal connection network analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the human social relationship calculation unit extracts, from the event history unit, histories of events common to the first member and each of the second members and calculates a second human social relationship between the first member and each of the second members; and

the network information holding unit holds the second human social relationship between the first member and each of the second members as node information of the personal connection network unique to the first member.

6. A personal connection network analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein:

an event is when plural ones of the organization members are in a same place, and the plural ones of the organization members include, but are not limited to, the first and second members; and

the human social relationship calculation unit obtains and accumulates time for which the first member and each of the second members are in a same place and calculates a third human social relationship between the first member and each of the second members based on the accumulated time.

7. A personal connection network analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an event is communication between plural ones of the organization members, and the plural ones of the organization members include, but not limited to, the first and second members.

8. A personal connection network analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the communication is communication by electronic message transmission.

9. A personal connection network analysis apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a display unit that displays the personal connection network unique to the first member using the link information between the nodes.

10. A personal connection network analysis method executed using a processor, comprising:

holding histories of events related to organization members;

extracting, from the held histories of events, histories of events common to both a first member of the organization members and second members of the organization members and calculating a human social relationship between the second members based on the extracted histories of events;

holding the calculated human social relationship as link information between a plurality of nodes of a personal connection network unique to the first member, the nodes being respectively indicative of the second members in the personal connection network unique to the first member;

generating an organizational network from the personal connection network unique to the first member by determining a strength of the nodes and a strength of the link information; and

detecting the physical presence of the members in a room by identifying a tag carried by the members and by determining position information about the members, wherein

the strength of the link information is calculated as a function of at least one of an accumulated time in which the members are physically together as determined by the position information, and an elapsed time from a point in time that the members were last physically together for a duration of time as determined by the position information,

wherein the steps are performed by a processor.

11. A storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for a personal connection network analysis, the function comprising:

holding histories of events related to organization members;

extracting, from the held histories of events, histories of events common to both a first member of the organization members and second members of the organization members and calculating a human social relationship between the second members based on the extracted histories of events;

holding the calculated human social relationship as link information between nodes of a personal connection network unique to the first member, the nodes being respectively indicative of the second members in the personal connection network unique to the first member;

generating an organizational network from the personal connection network unique to the first member by determining a strength of the nodes and a strength of the link information; and

detecting the physical presence of the members in a room by identifying a tag carried by the members and by determining position information about the members, wherein

the strength of the link information is calculated as a function of at least one of an accumulated time in which the members are physically together as determined by the position information, and an elapsed time from a point in time that the members were last physically together for a duration of time, as determined by the position information.