Random walks, Markov processes and the multiscale modular organization of complex networks

IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 76-90

  Lambiotte, Renaud ^a   Delvenne, Jean Charles ^b   Barahona, Mauricio ^c  

^a University of Namur   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

centrality; Communities; community detection; Complex networks; Graph theory; graph theory; multiscale structure; Multiscale structures; Optimization; optimization; partition stability; random walks

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ECOSYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTTS MODEL; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

CENTRALITY; COMMUNITY DETECTION; DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS; MODULAR ORGANIZATIONS; MULTI-SCALE STRUCTURES; RANDOM WALK; STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 84922728356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23274697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSE.2015.2391998     Document Type: Article

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