Non-backtracking walk centrality for directed networks
Non-backtracking walk centrality for directed networks
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有向网络的非回溯游走中心性
DOI:
10.1093/comnet/cnx025
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发表时间:
2018
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通讯作者:
V. Noferini
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作者:
F. Arrigo;P. Grindrod;D. Higham;V. Noferini
The theory of zeta functions provides an expression for the generating fu
nction of
nonbacktracking walk counts on a directed network. We show how this
expression can be used to
produce a centrality measure that eliminates backtracking walks at
no cost. We also show that the
radius of convergence of the generating function is determined by the spect
rum of a three-by-three
block matrix involving the original adjacency matrix. This giv
es a means to choose appropriate
values of the attenuation parameter. We find that three important a
dditional benefits arise when we
use this technique to eliminate traversals around the network that
are unlikely to be of relevance.
First, we obtain a larger range of choices for the attenuation para
meter. Second, because the radius
of convergence of the generating function is invariant under the remov
al of certain types of nodes,
we can gain computational efficiencies through reducing the dimension of t
he resulting eigenvalue
problem. Third, the dimension of the linear system defining the centrali
ty measures may be reduced
in the same manner. We show that the new centrality measure may be interp
reted as standard Katz
on a modified network, where self loops are added, and where nonreciproca
l edges are augmented
with negative weights. We also give a multilayer interpretation, wh
ere negatively weighted walks
between layers compensate for backtracking walks on the only non-emp
ty layer. Studying the limit
as the attenuation parameter approaches its upper bound allows us
to propose an eigenvector-based
nonbacktracking centrality measure in this directed network setting.
We find that the two-by-two
block matrix arising in previous studies focused on undirected networks
must be extended to a new
three-by-three block structure to allow for directed edges. We illustrat
e the centrality measure on
a synthetic network, where it is shown to eliminate a localization effect p
resent in standard Katz
centrality. Finally, we give results for real networks.