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Detecting community structure for undirected big graphs based on random walks

  • Xiaoming Liu
  • , Yadong Zhou
  • , Chengchen Hu
  • , Xiaohong Guan
  • , Junyuan Leng
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • Tsinghua University

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Abstract

Community detection is a common problem in various types of big graphs. It is meaningful to understand the functions and dynamics of networks. The challenges of detecting community for big graphs include high computational cost, no prior information, etc.. In this work, we analyze the process of random walking in graphs, and find out that the weight of an edge gotten by processing the vertices visited by the walker could be an indicator to measure the closeness of vertex connection. Based on this idea, we propose a community detection algorithm for undirected big graphs which consists of three steps, including random walking using a single walker, weight calculating for edges and community detecting. Our algorithm is running in O(n2) without prior information. Experimental results show that our algorithm is capable of detecting the community structure and the overlapping parts of graphs in real-world effectively, and handling the challenges of community detection in big graph era.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWWW 2014 Companion - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on World Wide Web
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages1151-1156
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450327459
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Apr 2014
Event23rd International Conference on World Wide Web, WWW 2014 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 7 Apr 201411 Apr 2014

Publication series

NameWWW 2014 Companion - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on World Wide Web

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on World Wide Web, WWW 2014
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period7/04/1411/04/14

Keywords

  • Big graphs
  • Community detection
  • Overlapping parts
  • Random walking

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