Hierarchical partitions of social networks between rivaling leaders
Fig 1
Subsequent divisions of the network lead to the levels of a hierarchy.
For the sake of clarity, here the same idea is shown for a rectangle. Boundaries of areas resulted from subsequent partitions are marked with numbers from 1 to 5, and by color (online): red, blue, black, dotted green, dotted yellow. Boundaries made earlier are supposed to be thicker. In this example, the system is divided into two, next into four. In further steps, only one fragment is being divided.