Cloister Monastery Signed Network (NDS-VU)
A NDS-VU signed network repository dataset of 19 nodes and 125 signed edges from a monastery social network, collected by Sampson (1969), distributed by NDS-VU. Each record contains directed signed edges between nodes: sign (+1 or -1) representing positive/negative relationships; no edge weights beyond binary sign. Classic small signed social network from a monastery study by Sampson (1969), widely used as a benchmark for signed community detection and balance theory validation. Suitable for signed network analysis, balance theory, community detection benchmarking.
Cite this dataset at
nds-vu-cloister.echo.directory
Analytics
Node size is centrality, colour is community. Hover a node for details; click one to isolate its community.
Computed over the full corpus.
Record
- Catalog key
nds-vu-cloister- Authors
- Sampson, Samuel F.
- Year
- 1969
- Source paper
- Crisis in a Cloister
- DOI / arXiv
- 10.1145/3366423.3380212
- License
- MIT (NDS-VU repository) (MIT)
- Records
- 18
- Nodes
- 18
- Edges
- 125 (directed)
- Nodes are
- monk
- Edges are
- signed trust
- Attributes
- nodes have no attributes; edges have attributes
- Languages
- en
- Collected
- 1950s (Before 1990)
- Tasks
- Edge sign prediction (binary;
sign) inferred
From the graph: link prediction, community detection
Provenance
- Originally published at
- https://github.com/NDS-VU/signed-network-datasets link checked
- Hosted copy
- Mirrored on echo.directory on 2026-10-02, 1.0 KB across 1 files. Checksums in MANIFEST.json.
Citations
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Journal Article · The Web Conference · 2020
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Citation data from Semantic Scholar, retrieved 2026-10-19.
How to cite
BibTeX
@misc{echo2026,
title = {ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online},
author = {Switzer, Braden and Zafarani, Reza},
year = {2026},
url = {https://echo.directory},
note = {Syracuse University}
}
@phdthesis{sampson1969cloister,
title = {Crisis in a Cloister},
author = {Sampson, Samuel F.},
year = {1969},
school = {Cornell University}
} APA
Switzer, B., & Zafarani, R. (2026). ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online [Data repository]. Syracuse University. https://echo.directory
Sampson, S. F. (1969). Cloister Monastery Signed Network (NDS-VU) [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.1145/3366423.3380212
MLA
Switzer, Braden, and Reza Zafarani. ECHO: Exploratory Compendium of Humanity Online. Syracuse University, 2026, echo.directory.
Sampson, Samuel F. Cloister Monastery Signed Network (NDS-VU). 1969, doi.org/10.1145/3366423.3380212.