Modularity and Community Structure in Networks

Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 103, no. 23, pp. 8577-8582, 2006
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Bibliographic Information

TitleModularity and Community Structure in Networks
AuthorsMark E. J. Newman
VenueProc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 103, no. 23, pp. 8577-8582
Year2006
Linkhttps://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0601602103

Summary

Introduces modularity as a measure of community structure in networks. Shortest-path distances and betweenness centrality — both derivable from STRATA's distance matrix — are key metrics for community boundary detection.