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Personal Sharing in Small Group among Mathematics and
Computer Students
Nurul Afiqah Binti Nor Azahan
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roslan Bin Hasni @ Abdullah
Bachelor of Science (Computational Mathematics)
School of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
Graph theory is the study of graphs, which are mathematical structures used to model
pairwise relations between objects. This research is focused on the concept reciprocity in
social network. Reciprocity refers to exchange problem between two or more students,
generally for personal sharing. The concept is applied to personal sharing in small group.
Personal sharing is referred to the flow of the relationship in social network. Social
network approach addresses the structure of relationship and mutual interplay between
the individual and groups. It views social relationships in terms of network theory
consisting of vertices and edges. The data collected is represented as a directed graph
which arc from one vertex to another vertex represents the existence of personal sharing.
An analysis of these directed graphs is carried out and the patterns of the graph are
identified. Thus, the pattern of personal sharing reveals a substantial difference of
behaviour among the two different courses.
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