A fast and efficient algorithm to identify clusters in networks

A characteristic feature of many relevant real life networks, like the WWW, Internet, transportation and communication networks, or even biological and social networks, is their clustering structure. We discuss in this paper a novel algorithm to identify clusters -sets of densely interconnected node...

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Autores: Comellas Padró, Francesc de Paula|||0000-0003-4523-0240, Miralles de la Asunción, Alicia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/2591
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/2591
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Combinatorics
graphs
clusters
networks
complex systems
Combinacions (Matemàtica)
Classificació AMS::05 Combinatorics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística
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Sumario:A characteristic feature of many relevant real life networks, like the WWW, Internet, transportation and communication networks, or even biological and social networks, is their clustering structure. We discuss in this paper a novel algorithm to identify clusters -sets of densely interconnected nodes- in a network. The algorithm is based on local information and therefore it is very fast with respect other proposed methods, while it keeps a similar performance in detecting the clusters.