Longitudinal Analysis of Total Social Networks with SIENA—Method, Discussion and Applications: This article explains the functional basis of the SIENA statistical model for the analysis of longitudinal total social networks. In the first part, we explain the specificity of statistical models for analyzing network structure and give a brief history of the major models proposed in the past which produced dynamic models such as SIENA. We then present the basis on which SIENA is constructed and we discuss the theoretical implications. Model specification follows with a presentation of the principal effects which can be studied with this model. We end with an example of application on a network of international friendships. Longitudinal analysis of social networks, SIENA.
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