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The Jets and Sharks Network

• the network represents information about two rival gangs - the Jets and Sharks (McClelland 1981)
• The central pool of units represent members of the two gangs
• the pools around the edges represent features of these members including their name, occupation, marital status, gang membership, age and educational level
• Within each pool the units are connected with negative weights indicating that they are mutually exclusive. If you are in your 20s you can't also be in your 30s, for example