Fast multi-scale detection of relevant communities in large-scale networks

Computer Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1136-1150

  Le Martelot, Erwan ^a   Hankin, Chris ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community detection; fast computation; large networks; multi scale

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DETECTION; FAST COMPUTATION; GLOBAL CRITERIA; LARGE NETWORKS; LARGE-SCALE NETWORK; LOCAL APPROACHES; MULTI-SCALE;

ALGORITHMS;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84883332911     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxt002     Document Type: Article

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