English

Subgraph centrality and walk-regularity

Social and Information Networks 2019-02-06 v3 Physics and Society

Abstract

Matrix-based centrality measures have enjoyed significant popularity in network analysis, in no small part due to our ability to rigorously analyze their behavior as parameters vary. Recent work has considered the relationship between subgraph centrality, which is defined using the matrix exponential f(x)=exp(x)f(x) = \exp(x), and the walk structure of a network. In a walk-regular graph, the number of closed walks of each length must be the same for all nodes, implying uniform ff-subgraph centralities for any ff (or maximum ff-walk entropy\textit{walk entropy}). We consider when non--walk-regular graphs can achieve maximum entropy, calling such graphs entropic\textit{entropic}. For parameterized measures, we are also interested in which values of the parameter witness this uniformity. To date, only one entropic graph has been identified, with only two witnessing parameter values, raising the question of how many such graphs and parameters exist. We resolve these questions by constructing infinite families of entropic graphs, as well as a family of witnessing parameters with a limit point at zero.

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@article{arxiv.1804.05966,
  title  = {Subgraph centrality and walk-regularity},
  author = {Eric Horton and Kyle Kloster and Blair D. Sullivan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.05966},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

23 pages, 2 figures, links to software repository

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