Community Structure and Topical Differentiation in European RTD Collaborations
Physics and Society
2010-04-01 v1
Abstract
We investigate research and development collaborations under the EU Framework Programs (FPs) for Research and Technological Development. The collaborations in the FPs give rise to bipartite networks, with edges existing between projects and the organizations taking part in them. A version of the modularity measure, adapted to bipartite networks, is presented. Communities are found so as to maximize the bipartite modularity. Projects in the resulting communities are shown to be topically differentiated.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1003.6032,
title = {Community Structure and Topical Differentiation in European RTD Collaborations},
author = {Michael J. Barber and Margarida Faria and Ludwig Streit and Oleg Strogan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.6032},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
13 pages; presented at the 1st ICC International Conference on Network Modelling and Economic Systems