Spectral reconstruction of networks using combinatorial optimization algorithms

In this paper we study the reconstruction of a network topology from the eigenvalues of its Laplacian matrix. We introduce a new simple cost function and consider three combinatorial optimization methods - simulated annealing, tabu search, and multiagent optimization (ants)- while comparing their pe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Comellas Padró, Francesc de Paula|||0000-0003-4523-0240, Díaz López, Jordi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
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:2117/1037
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/1037
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Combinatorics
graphs
spectrum
Combinacions (Matemàtica)
Classificació AMS::05 Combinatorics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística
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Sumario:In this paper we study the reconstruction of a network topology from the eigenvalues of its Laplacian matrix. We introduce a new simple cost function and consider three combinatorial optimization methods - simulated annealing, tabu search, and multiagent optimization (ants)- while comparing their performance when reconstructing different categories of networks --random, regular, small-world, scale-free and clustered-- from their eigenvalues. We show that tabu search provides more accurate reconstructions than the other methods, while all the algorithms considered allow an exact reconstruction of small networks and lead to good approximations in the case of networks with larger orders.