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A novel node gravitation-based label propagation algorithm for community detection

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  • Mengjia Shen

    (School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P. R. China)

  • Zhixin Ma

    (School of Information Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, P. R. China)

Abstract

Community detection in networks is a very important area of research for revealing the structure and function of networks. Label propagation algorithm (LPA) has been widely used to detect communities in networks because it has the advantages of linear time complexity and is unnecessary to get prior information, such as objective function and the number of communities. However, LPA has the shortcomings of uncertainty and randomness in the label propagation process, which affects the accuracy and stability of the algorithm. In this paper, we propose a novel community detection algorithm, named NGLPA, in which labels are propagated by node gravitation defined by node importance and similarity between nodes. To select the label according to the gravitation between nodes can reduce the randomness of LPA and is consistent with reality. The proposed method is tested on several synthetic and real-world networks with comparative algorithms. The results show that NGLPA can significantly improve the quality of community detection and obtain accurate community structure.

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  • Mengjia Shen & Zhixin Ma, 2019. "A novel node gravitation-based label propagation algorithm for community detection," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 30(06), pages 1-19, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:30:y:2019:i:06:n:s0129183119500499
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183119500499
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