Community structure in the United States House of Representatives

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 386, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 414-438

  Porter, Mason A ^a   Mucha, Peter J ^b   Newman, M E J ^c   Friend, A J ^d  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Complex networks; Hierarchical clustering; Social networks

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 35148843303     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2007.07.039     Document Type: Article

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