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We propose a new method for assessing agents influence in network structures, which takes into consideration nodes attributes, individual and group influences of nodes, and the intensity of interactions. This approach helps us to identify…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-10-20 F. Aleskerov , N. Meshcheryakova , S. Shvydun

Betweenness centrality (BC) is one of the most used centrality measures for network analysis, which seeks to describe the importance of nodes in a network in terms of the fraction of shortest paths that pass through them. It is key to many…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-08-30 Changjun Fan , Li Zeng , Yuhui Ding , Muhao Chen , Yizhou Sun , Zhong Liu

In various applications involving complex networks, network measures are employed to assess the relative importance of network nodes. However, the robustness of such measures in the presence of link inaccuracies has not been well…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-01-15 John Platig , Ed Ott , Michelle Girvan

There are several applications that benefit from a definition of centrality which is applicable to sets of vertices, rather than individual vertices. However, existing definitions might not be able to help us in answering several network…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-10-05 Mostafa Haghir Chehreghani

Understanding the network structure, and finding out the influential nodes is a challenging issue in the large networks. Identifying the most influential nodes in the network can be useful in many applications like immunization of nodes in…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-01-10 Naveen Gupta , Anurag Singh , Hocine Cherifi

Betweenness is a well-known centrality measure that ranks the nodes of a network according to their participation in shortest paths. Since an exact computation is prohibitive in large networks, several approximation algorithms have been…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-10-28 Elisabetta Bergamini , Henning Meyerhenke

The betweenness centrality of graphs using random walk paths instead of geodesics is studied. A scaling collapse with no adjustable parameters is obtained as the graph size $N$ is varied; the scaling curve depends on the graph model. A…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-07-04 O. Narayan , I. Saniee

Many complex systems can be described as multiplex networks in which the same nodes can interact with one another in different layers, thus forming a set of interacting and co-evolving networks. Examples of such multiplex systems are social…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-11-12 Arda Halu , Raul J. Mondragon , Pietro Panzarasa , Ginestra Bianconi

Centrality measures are crucial in quantifying the influence of the members of a social network. Although there has been a great deal of work dealing with this issue, the vast majority of classical centrality measures are agnostic of the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-02-01 Stephany Rajeh , Marinette Savonnet , Eric Leclercq , Hocine Cherifi

Identifying influential nodes in a network is a major issue due to the great deal of applications concerned, such as disease spreading and rumor dynamics. That is why, a plethora of centrality measures has emerged over the years in order to…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-01-04 Ahmed Ibnoulouafi , Mohamed El Haziti , Hocine Cherifi

Many real networks in social sciences, biological and biomedical sciences or computer science have an inherent structure of simplicial complexes reflecting many-body interactions. Therefore, to analyse topological and dynamical properties…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2020-04-16 Daniel Hernández Serrano , Darío Sánchez Gómez

Centrality metrics aim to identify the most relevant nodes in a network. In literature, a broad set of metrics exists, either measuring local or global centrality characteristics. Nevertheless, when networks exhibit a high spectral gap, the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-10-20 Lorenzo Costantini , Carla Sciarra , Luca Ridolfi , Francesco Laio

Eigenvector centrality is a common measure of the importance of nodes in a network. Here we show that under common conditions the eigenvector centrality displays a localization transition that causes most of the weight of the centrality to…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-01-06 Travis Martin , Xiao Zhang , M. E. J. Newman

Network centrality is a foundational concept for quantifying the importance of nodes within a network. Many traditional centrality measures--such as degree and betweenness centrality--are purely structural and often overlook the dynamics…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Xinran Zheng , Leonardo Massai , Massimo Franceschetti , Behrouz Touri

We study the popular centrality measure known as effective conductance or in some circles as information centrality. This is an important notion of centrality for undirected networks, with many applications, e.g., for random walks,…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2018-08-15 Heman Shakeri , Behnaz Moradi-Jamei , Pietro Poggi-Corradini , Nathan Albin , Caterina Scoglio

Graph centrality measures use the structure of a network to quantify central or "important" nodes, with applications in web search, social media analysis, and graphical data mining generally. Traditional centrality measures such as the well…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-01-20 Liang Lyu , Brandon Fain , Kamesh Munagala , Kangning Wang

In network science complex systems are represented as a mathematical graphs consisting of a set of nodes representing the components and a set of edges representing their interactions. The framework of networks has led to significant…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-04-07 Alexandre Bovet , Hernán A. Makse

Network centralization, driven by hub nodes, impacts communication efficiency, structural integration, and dynamic processes such as diffusion and synchronization. Although numerous centralization measures exist, a major challenge lies in…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Majid Saberi , Samin Aref

Identifying central entities and interactions is a fundamental problem in network science. While well-studied for graphs (pairwise relations), many biological and social systems exhibit higher-order interactions best modeled by hypergraphs.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-12-02 Jaewan Chun , Fanchen Bu , Yeongho Kim , Atsushi Miyauchi , Francesco Bonchi , Kijung Shin

Street network analysis holds appeal as a tool for the assessment of pedestrian connectivity and its relation to the intensity and mix of land-uses; however, application within urban-design triggers a range of questions on implementary…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-07-02 Gareth D. Simons