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Efficient sampling of complex network with modified random walk strategies

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  • Xie, Yunya
  • Chang, Shuhua
  • Zhang, Zhipeng
  • Zhang, Mi
  • Yang, Lei

Abstract

We present two novel random walk strategies, choosing seed node (CSN) random walk and no-retracing (NR) random walk. Different from the classical random walk sampling, the CSN and NR strategies focus on the influences of the seed node choice and path overlap, respectively. Three random walk samplings are applied in the Erdös–Rényi (ER), Barabási–Albert (BA), Watts–Strogatz (WS), and the weighted USAir networks, respectively. Then, the major properties of sampled subnets, such as sampling efficiency, degree distributions, average degree and average clustering coefficient, are studied. The similar conclusions can be reached with these three random walk strategies. Firstly, the networks with small scales and simple structures are conducive to the sampling. Secondly, the average degree and the average clustering coefficient of the sampled subnet tend to the corresponding values of original networks with limited steps. And thirdly, all the degree distributions of the subnets are slightly biased to the high degree side. However, the NR strategy performs better for the average clustering coefficient of the subnet. In the real weighted USAir networks, some obvious characters like the larger clustering coefficient and the fluctuation of degree distribution are reproduced well by these random walk strategies.

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  • Xie, Yunya & Chang, Shuhua & Zhang, Zhipeng & Zhang, Mi & Yang, Lei, 2018. "Efficient sampling of complex network with modified random walk strategies," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 492(C), pages 57-64.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:492:y:2018:i:c:p:57-64
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2017.09.032
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    1. Yasir Ahmad & Umar Ali & Daniele Ettore Otera & Xiang-Feng Pan, 2024. "Study of Random Walk Invariants for Spiro-Ring Network Based on Laplacian Matrices," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-19, April.

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