Highland Tribes Alliance/Opposition Signed Network (NDS-VU) Analyzed
A NDS-VU signed network repository dataset of 16 tribes and 58 signed alliance/opposition edges, collected by Read (1954), distributed by NDS-VU. Each record contains directed signed edges between nodes: sign (+1 or -1) representing positive/negative relationships; no edge weights beyond binary sign. Classic ethnographic signed network of New Guinea Highland tribes with alliance (+1) and opposition (-1) relationships, one of the earliest and most cited networks for structural balance theory validation. Suitable for balance theory, structural balance, signed network benchmarking.