Optimal map of the modular structure of complex networks

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/12/5/053009zbMATH Open1376.91128arXiv0911.2651OpenAlexW2034496052MaRDI QIDQ4594883FDOQ4594883

Authors: Sergio Gomez, Gorka Zamora-López, Alex Arenas, Javier Borge-Holthoefer 

Publication date: 27 November 2017

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Modular structure is pervasive in many complex networks of interactions observed in natural, social and technological sciences. Its study sheds light on the relation between the structure and function of complex systems. Generally speaking, modules are islands of highly connected nodes separated by a relatively small number of links. Every module can have contributions of links from any node in the network. The challenge is to disentangle these contributions to understand how the modular structure is built. The main problem is that the analysis of a certain partition into modules involves, in principle, as many data as number of modules times number of nodes. To confront this challenge, here we first define the contribution matrix, the mathematical object containing all the information about the partition of interest, and after, we use a Truncated Singular Value Decomposition to extract the best representation of this matrix in a plane. The analysis of this projection allow us to scrutinize the skeleton of the modular structure, revealing the structure of individual modules and their interrelations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.2651

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Clustering in the social and behavioral sciences (91C20) Social networks; opinion dynamics (91D30) Small world graphs, complex networks (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C82)

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