We are developing a social network tool that is powerful, comprehensive, and yet easy to use. The unique feature of our tool
is the integration of network analysis and visualization. In a long-term interdisciplinary research collaboration, members
of our group had implemented several prototypes to explore and demonstrate the feasibility of novel methods. These prototypes
have been revised and combined into a stand-alone tool which will be extended regularly.
Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under grant BR 2158/1-1.
We are grateful to Steven Corman, Jürgen Grote, Patrick Kenis, Jörg Raab, Volker Schneider, and many participants of the 21st
Social Networks Conference (Sunbelt XXI) and of the Summer School on the Analysis of Political and Managerial Networks (POLNET)
who provided valuable feedback on preliminary versions.