Intimacy
Entities do not have the same relationship with all entities when distributed as described in Section 2.1. Granovetter (1973) shows that the attributes of the network and the personal position in the network affect each entity with respect to strong ties and weak ties. They are distinguished by the relational strength among entities that participate in society. Strong ties are investment activities involving resources such as time and money, and for entities that participate in the social relationship, they are considered important in maintaining the relationships between parents and children, or a married couple. Weak ties, in contrast, are small, restrictive, and less dedicated activities for them. In this paper, “intimacy” is used to measure the strength of a tie. The greater the intimacy, the stronger the tie in a relationship between two entities. For instance, assume that the intimacy level is six between entities 1 and 5, and is three between entities 1 and 16. Then, it can be said that the relationship between entities 1 and 5 is stronger than between entities 1 and 16, even if the values of a1,5 and a1,16 are both one.