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The quantification of the complexity of networks is, today, a fundamental problem in the physics of complex systems. A possible roadmap to solve the problem is via extending key concepts of information theory to networks. In this paper we…

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To explore the mechanistic relationships between ageing, frailty and mortality, we developed a computational model in which possible health attributes are represented by the nodes of a complex network. Each node can be either damaged (i.e.…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2017-06-30 Andrew D. Rutenberg , Arnold B. Mitnitski , Spencer Farrell , Kenneth Rockwood

The Shapley value is one of the most widely used measures of feature importance partly as it measures a feature's average effect on a model's prediction. We introduce joint Shapley values, which directly extend Shapley's axioms and…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-02-11 Chris Harris , Richard Pymar , Colin Rowat

Artificial Neural Networks have shown impressive success in very different application cases. Choosing a proper network architecture is a critical decision for a network's success, usually done in a manual manner. As a straightforward…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-04-18 Julian Stier , Gabriele Gianini , Michael Granitzer , Konstantin Ziegler

We propose a new method to estimate the critical index $t$ for strength of networks of random fused conductors. It relies on a recently introduced expression for their yield strength. We confirm the results using finite size scaling. To…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2008-08-06 J. S. Espinoza Ortiz , Gemunu H. Gunaratne

We develop cycle index generating functions for orthogonal groups in even characteristic, and give some enumerative applications. A key step is the determination of the values of the complex linear-Weil characters of the finite symplectic…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2010-04-16 Jason Fulman , Jan Saxl , Pham Huu Tiep

One of the most interesting topics in social network science are social groups. Their extraction, dynamics and evolution. One year ago the method for group evolution discovery (GED) was introduced. The GED method during extraction process…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-01-09 Stanisław Saganowski , Piotr Bródka , Przemysław Kazienko

Network models have been widely used to study diverse systems and analyze their dynamic behaviors. Given the structural variability of networks, an intriguing question arises: Can we infer the type of system represented by a network based…

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We consider the problem of detecting communities or modules in networks, groups of vertices with a higher-than-average density of edges connecting them. Previous work indicates that a robust approach to this problem is the maximization of…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2007-05-23 M. E. J. Newman

A network evolution with predicted tail and extremal indices of PageRank and the Max-Linear Model used as node influence indices in random graphs is considered. The tail index shows a heaviness of the distribution tail. The extremal index…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-28 Natalia Markovich

Consider a large social network with possibly severe degree heterogeneity and mixed-memberships. We are interested in testing whether the network has only one community or there are more than one communities. The problem is known to be…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-07-24 Jiashun Jin , Zheng Tracy Ke , Shengming Luo

We explore the dependence structure in the sampled sequence of large networks. We consider randomized algorithms to sample the nodes and study extremal properties in any associated stationary sequence of characteristics of interest like…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-02-25 Konstantin Avrachenkov , Natalia M. Markovich , Jithin K. Sreedharan

Generalised degrees provide a natural bridge between local and global topological properties of networks. We define the generalised degree to be the number of neighbours of a node within one and two steps respectively. Tailored random graph…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-09-17 Ekaterina S. Roberts , Anthonius C. C. Coolen

We consider two closely related problems: anomaly detection in sensor networks and testing for infections in human populations. In both problems, we have $n$ nodes (sensors, humans), and each node exhibits an event of interest (anomaly,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Melih Bastopcu , Sennur Ulukus

This paper deals with an important subject in classification problems addressed by machine learning techniques: the evaluation of the influence of each of the features on the classification of individuals. Specifically, a measure of that…

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We consider a \emph{Social Group} of networked nodes, seeking a "universe" of segments for maximization of their utility. Each node has a subset of the universe, and access to an expensive link for downloading data. Nodes can also acquire…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2014-09-12 Saurabh Aggarwal , Joy Kuri

Real-world networks are often organized as modules or communities of similar nodes that serve as functional units. These networks are also rich in content, with nodes having distinguishing features or attributes. In order to discover a…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-05-20 Laura M. Smith , Linhong Zhu , Kristina Lerman , Allon G. Percus

The widespread relevance of complex networks is a valuable tool in the analysis of a broad range of systems. There is a demand for tools which enable the extraction of meaningful information and allow the comparison between different…

Physics and Society · Physics 2011-03-30 Kathryn Cooper , Mauricio Barahona

Any network studied in the literature is inevitably just a sampled representative of its real-world analogue. Additionally, network sampling is lately often applied to large networks to allow for their faster and more efficient analysis.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-04-14 Neli Blagus , Lovro Šubelj , Gregor Weiss , Marko Bajec

The identification of vital nodes that maintain the network connectivity is a long-standing challenge in network science. In this paper, we propose a so-called reverse greedy method where the least important nodes are preferentially chosen…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-07-03 Tao Ren , Zhe Li , Yi Qi , Yixin Zhang , Simiao Liu , Yanjie Xu , Tao Zhou