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Network Semantic Segmentation with Application to GitHub

Social and Information Networks 2019-03-08 v2

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the concept of network semantic segmentation for social network analysis. We consider the GitHub social coding network which has been a center of attention for both researchers and software developers. Network semantic segmentation describes the process of associating each user with a class label such as a topic of interest. We augment node attributes with network significant connections and then employ machine learning approaches to cluster the users. We compare the results with a network segmentation performed using community detection algorithms and one executed by clustering with node attributes. Results are compared in terms of community diversity within the semantic segments along with topic

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@article{arxiv.1902.05220,
  title  = {Network Semantic Segmentation with Application to GitHub},
  author = {Neda Hajiakhoond Bidoki and Gita Sukthankar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.05220},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

The work is incomplete and in progress

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