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Identification of network modules by optimization of ratio association

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We introduce a novel method for identifying the modular structures of a network based on the maximization of an objective function: the ratio association. This cost function arises when the communities detection problem is described in the probabilistic autoencoder frame. An analogy with kernel k-means methods allows to develop an efficient optimization algorithm, based on the deterministic annealing scheme. The performance of the proposed method is shown on a real data set and on simulated networks.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0610182,
  title  = {Identification of network modules by optimization of ratio association},
  author = {Leonardo Angelini and Stefano Boccaletti and Daniele Marinazzo and Mario Pellicoro and Sebastiano Stramaglia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0610182},
  year   = {2009}
}