A novel algorithm for community detection based on resistance distance and similarity

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150164
Author(s):  
Pengli Lu ◽  
Zhou Yu ◽  
Yuhong Guo
Keyword(s):  
Community Detection ◽  
Distance Function ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Resistance Distance ◽  
Node Similarity ◽  
The Common ◽  
Community Detection Algorithm ◽  
And Function

Community detection is important for understanding the structure and function of networks. Resistance distance is a kind of distance function inherent in the network itself, which has important applications in many fields. In this paper, we propose a novel community detection algorithm based on resistance distance and similarity. First, we propose the node similarity, which is based on the common nodes and resistance distance. Then, we define the distance function between nodes by similarity. Furthermore, we calculate the distance between communities by using the distance between nodes. Finally, we detect the community structure in the network according to the nearest-neighbor nodes being in the same community. Experimental results on artificial networks and real-world networks show that the proposed algorithm can effectively detect the community structures in complex networks.

A Community Detection Algorithm Based on Node Degree Difference and Node Similarity

2013 ◽  
Vol 462-463 ◽  
pp. 458-461
Author(s):  
Jian Jun Cheng ◽  
Peng Fei Wang ◽  
Qi Bin Zhang ◽  
Zheng Quan Zhang ◽  
Ming Wei Leng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Community Detection ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Node Degree ◽  
Detection Algorithms ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Node Similarity ◽  
Feasible Algorithm ◽  
Community Detection Algorithm

This paper proposes an algorithm called DDSCDA, which is based on the concepts of the node degree difference and the node similarity. In the algorithm, we iteratively extract the node from the network with larger degree and certified the node as a kernel node, then take the kernel node as the founder or initiator of a community to attract its neighbors to join in that community; by doing so, we obtain a partition corresponding to a coarse-grained community structure of the network. Finally taken the coarse-grained community as a starting point, we use the strategy of LPA to propagate labels through the network further. At the end of the algorithm, we obtain the final community structure. We compared the performance with classical community detection algorithms such as LPA, LPAm, FastQ, etc., the experimental results have manifested that our proposal is a feasible algorithm, can extract higher quality communities from the network, and outperforms the previous algorithms significantly.

A novel node gravitation-based label propagation algorithm for community detection

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (06) ◽  
pp. 1950049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengjia Shen ◽  
Zhixin Ma
Keyword(s):  
Community Detection ◽  
Prior Information ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Label Propagation ◽  
Node Importance ◽  
Propagation Algorithm ◽  
Community Detection Algorithm ◽  
And Function

Community detection in networks is a very important area of research for revealing the structure and function of networks. Label propagation algorithm (LPA) has been widely used to detect communities in networks because it has the advantages of linear time complexity and is unnecessary to get prior information, such as objective function and the number of communities. However, LPA has the shortcomings of uncertainty and randomness in the label propagation process, which affects the accuracy and stability of the algorithm. In this paper, we propose a novel community detection algorithm, named NGLPA, in which labels are propagated by node gravitation defined by node importance and similarity between nodes. To select the label according to the gravitation between nodes can reduce the randomness of LPA and is consistent with reality. The proposed method is tested on several synthetic and real-world networks with comparative algorithms. The results show that NGLPA can significantly improve the quality of community detection and obtain accurate community structure.

scholarly journals Overlapping Community Detection Based on Attribute Augmented Graph

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 680
Author(s):  
Hanyang Lin ◽  
Yongzhao Zhan ◽  
Zizheng Zhao ◽  
Yuzhong Chen ◽  
Chen Dong
Keyword(s):  
Community Detection ◽  
Real World ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Overlapping Community Detection ◽  
Overlapping Communities ◽  
Adjustment Strategy ◽  
Topology Information ◽  
Overlapping Community ◽  
Real World Datasets ◽  
Community Detection Algorithm

There is a wealth of information in real-world social networks. In addition to the topology information, the vertices or edges of a social network often have attributes, with many of the overlapping vertices belonging to several communities simultaneously. It is challenging to fully utilize the additional attribute information to detect overlapping communities. In this paper, we first propose an overlapping community detection algorithm based on an augmented attribute graph. An improved weight adjustment strategy for attributes is embedded in the algorithm to help detect overlapping communities more accurately. Second, we enhance the algorithm to automatically determine the number of communities by a node-density-based fuzzy k-medoids process. Extensive experiments on both synthetic and real-world datasets demonstrate that the proposed algorithms can effectively detect overlapping communities with fewer parameters compared to the baseline methods.

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