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View SchemaThermodynamic approach for community discovering within the complex networks: LiveJournal study
| Authors | Pavel Zakharov |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0602063 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0602063 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.physa.2006.11.086 |
Abstract
The thermodynamic approach of concentration mapping is used to discover communities in the directional friendship network of LiveJournal users. We show that this Internet-based social network has a power-law region in degree distribution with exponent \gamma = 3.45. It is also a small-world network with high clustering of nodes. To study the community structure we simulate diffusion of a virtual substance immersed in such a network as in a multi-dimensional porous system. By analyzing concentration profiles at intermediate stage of the diffusion process the well-interconnected cliques of users can be identified as nodes with equal values of concentration.
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