Detecting community structure in complex networks via node similarity

The detection of the community structure in networks is beneficial to understand the network structure and to analyze the network properties. Based on node similarity, a fast and efficient method for detecting community structure is proposed, which discovers the community structure by iteratively incorporating the community containing a node with the communities that contain the nodes with maximum similarity to this node to form a new community. The presented method has low computational complexity because of requiring only the local information of the network, and it does not need any prior knowledge about the communities and its detection results are robust on the selection of the initial node. Some real-world and computer-generated networks are used to evaluate the performance of the presented method. The simulation results demonstrate that this method is efficient to detect community structure in complex networks, and the ZLZ metrics used in the proposed method is the most suitable one among local indices in community detection.     

一种基于点和边差异性的网络结构熵

熵是反映网络异构性的重要指标. 由于只是关注网络结构中"点"或"边"的单一作用,基于度分布和度相对值的两种传统熵在刻画网络结构特征时均存在缺陷. 文章综合考虑"点"和"边"差异性,定义一种新的网络结构熵,并对规则网络、随机网络和无标度网络等结构熵进行理论分析和仿真实验. 结果表明,这种新网络结构熵可以更有效地反映网络的结构特征,尤其是对于稀疏网络及星型网络的结构差异解释更为合理. 关键词： 均匀网络 无标度网络 熵     

一类高聚类系数的加权无标度网络及其同步能力分析

针对真实世界中大规模网络都具有明显聚类效应的特点, 提出一类具有高聚类系数的加权无标度网络演化模型, 该模型同时考虑了优先连接、三角结构、随机连接和社团结构等四种演化机制. 在模型演化规则中, 以概率p增加单个节点, 以概率1–p增加一个社团. 与以往研究的不同在于新边的建立, 以概率φ在旧节点之间进行三角连接, 以概率1–φ进行随机连接. 仿真分析表明, 所提出的网络度、强度和权值分布都是服从幂律分布的形式, 且具有高聚类系数的特性, 聚类系数的提高与社团结构和随机连接机制有直接的关系. 最后通过数值仿真分析了网络演化机制对同步动态特性的影响, 数值仿真结果表明, 网络的平均聚类系数越小, 网络的同步能力越强. 关键词： 无标度网络 加权网络 聚类系数 同步能力     

Orthogonal polarization shift keying label rewriting method in an all-optical label switching network

A novel polarization shift keying label rewriting scheme in 43 Gbit/s all-optical label switching network by synchronous polarization modulation is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The old label can be changed to a new one by just one single step without a label erasure process, which can simplify the network node structure.     

Effect of node deleting on network structure

The ever-increasing knowledge of the structure of various real-world networks has uncovered their complex multi-mechanism-governed evolution processes. Therefore, a better understanding of the structure and evolution of these networked complex systems requires us to describe such processes in a more detailed and realistic manner. In this paper, we introduce a new type of network growth rule which comprises addition and deletion of nodes, and propose an evolving network model to investigate the effect of node deleting on network structure. It is found that, with the introduction of node deleting, network structure is significantly transformed. In particular, degree distribution of the network undergoes a transition from scale-free to exponential forms as the intensity of node deleting increases. At the same time, nontrivial disassortative degree correlation develops spontaneously as a natural result of network evolution in the model. We also demonstrate that node deleting introduced in the model does not destroy the connectedness of a growing network so long as the increasing rate of edges is not excessively small. In addition, it is found that node deleting will weaken but not eliminate the small-world effect of a growing network, and generally it will decrease the clustering coefficient in a network.     

Empirical extraction of mechanisms underlying real world network generation

The generation mechanisms of real world networks have been described using multiple models. The mathematical features of these models are usually extrapolated from statistical properties of a snapshot of these networks. We here propose an alternative method based on direct measurement of a sequence of consecutive snapshots to uncover the dynamics underlying real world generation. We assume that the probability of adding a node or an edge depends only on local features surrounding the newly added node/edge, and directly measure the contribution of these features to the node/edge addition probability. These measurements are performed using newly defined N-node local structures. Each N-node local structure represents the configuration of edges surrounding a newly added edge. The N-node local structure measurements reproduce for some networks the now classical addition of edges between high degree node mechanisms. It also provides quantitative estimates of more complex mechanisms driving other networks’ evolution, such as the effect of common first and second neighbors. This new methodology reveals the relative importance of different generation mechanisms. We show, for example, that the main mechanism driving hyperlink addition between two websites is the existence of a third website linking to both the source and the target of the new hyperlink.     

交织型层级复杂网

为研究两个异质关联网络复合后的结构特征与节点中心性特征,本文提出了交织型层级复杂网络的概念,可描述由两个具有部分相同节点,连接边属性近似的子网所构成的层级复杂网络,并定义了节点交织系数、路径交织系数和网络交织系数3种测度用于衡量两个子网之间的密切程度.针对该类网络,研究并改进了节点度中心性和介数中心性的计算方法,同时提出一种新的中心性指标—助联性,用于衡量子网的某一节点对另一子网联通性和流通性的助益.通过实验分析,验证了本文各类指标的有效性.     

Improved optical packet switching structure with recirculation buffer and feedback tunable wavelength converter

The performance of an optical switching network is mainly determined by its core node structure. An improved optical packet switching （OPS） node structure based on recirculation optical fiber delay line （FDL） and feedback tunable wavelength converter （TWC）, and a specific scheduling algorithm for the node structure are presented. This switching structure supports both point-to-point and point-to-multi- points broadcasting transmission with superior capacity expansion performance. Its superiority in packet loss probability is proved by simulation.     

Analyzing open-source software systems as complex networks

Software systems represent one of the most complex man-made artifacts. Understanding the structure of software systems can provide useful insights into software engineering efforts and can potentially help the development of complex system models applicable to other domains. In this paper, we analyze one of the most popular open-source Linux meta packages/distributions called the Gentoo Linux. In our analysis, we model software packages as nodes and dependencies among them as edges. Our empirical results show that the resulting Gentoo network cannot be easily explained by existing complex network models. This in turn motivates our research in developing two new network growth models in which a new node is connected to an old node with the probability that depends not only on the degree but also on the “age” of the old node. Through computational and empirical studies, we demonstrate that our models have better explanatory power than the existing ones. In an effort to further explore the properties of these new models, we also present some related analytical results.     

一种强容侵能力的无线传感器网络无标度拓扑模型研究

针对无线传感器网络无标度拓扑容侵能力差的问题,本文借助节点批量到达的Poisson网络模型,提出了一种具有容侵优化特性的无标度拓扑模型,并在构建拓扑时引入剩余能量调节因子和节点度调节因子,得到了一种幂率指数可以在(1,+∞)调节的无标度拓扑结构,并通过网络结构熵优化幂率指数,得出了具有强容侵特性的幂律指数值.实验结果表明:新的拓扑保持了无标度网络的强容错性,增强了无标度网络的容侵性,并具有较好的节能优势.     

Fuzzy overlapping community detection based on local random walk and multidimensional scaling

A fuzzy overlapping community is an important kind of overlapping community in which each node belongs to each community to different extents. It exists in many real networks but how to identify a fuzzy overlapping community is still a challenging task. In this work, the concept of local random walk and a new distance metric are introduced. Based on the new distance measurement, the dissimilarity index between each node of a network is calculated firstly. Then in order to keep the original node distance as much as possible, the network structure is mapped into low-dimensional space by the multidimensional scaling (MDS). Finally, the fuzzy c$c$-means clustering is employed to find fuzzy communities in a network. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm is effective and efficient to identify the fuzzy overlapping communities in both artificial networks and real-world networks.     

Modelling of weighted evolving networks with community structures

Many social and biological networks consist of communities–groups of nodes within which links are dense but among which links are sparse. It turns out that most of these networks are best described by weighted networks, whose properties and dynamics depend not only on their structures but also on the link weights among their nodes. Recently, there are considerable interests in the study of properties as well as modelling of such networks with community structures. To our knowledge, however, no study of any weighted network model with such a community structure has been presented in the literature to date. In this paper, we propose a weighted evolving network model with a community structure. The new network model is based on the inner-community and inter-community preferential attachments and preferential strengthening mechanism. Simulation results indicate that this network model indeed reflect the intrinsic community structure, with various power-law distributions of the node degrees, link weights, and node strengths.     

基于K-阶结构熵的网络异构性研究

结构熵可以考察复杂网络的异构性.为了弥补传统结构熵在综合刻画网络全局以及局部特性能力上的不足,本文依据网络节点在K步内可达的节点总数定义了K-阶结构熵,可从结构熵随K值的变化规律、最大K值下的结构熵以及网络能够达到的最小结构熵三个方面来评价网络的异构性.利用K-阶结构熵对规则网络、随机网络、Watts-Strogatz小世界网络、Barabási_-Albert无标度网络以及星型网络进行了理论研究与仿真实验,结果表明上述网络的异构性依次增强.其中K-阶结构熵能够较好地依据小世界属性来刻画小世界网络的异构性,且对星型网络异构性随其规模演化规律的解释也更为合理.此外, K-阶结构熵认为在规则结构外新增孤立节点的网络的异构性弱于未添加孤立节点的规则结构,但强于同节点数的规则网络.本文利用美国西部电网进一步论证了K-阶结构熵的有效性.     

Epidemic outbreaks in growing scale-free networks with local structure

The class of generative models has already attracted considerable interest from researchers in recent years and much expanded the original ideas described in BA model. Most of these models assume that only one node per time step joins the network. In this paper, we grow the network by adding n interconnected nodes as a local structure into the network at each time step with each new node emanating m new edges linking the node to the preexisting network by preferential attachment. This successfully generates key features observed in social networks. These include power-law degree distribution p_k∼k^−(3+μ), where μ=(n−1)/m is a tuning parameter defined as the modularity strength of the network, nontrivial clustering, assortative mixing, and modular structure. Moreover, all these features are dependent in a similar way on the parameter μ. We then study the susceptible-infected epidemics on this network with identical infectivity, and find that the initial epidemic behavior is governed by both of the infection scheme and the network structure, especially the modularity strength. The modularity of the network makes the spreading velocity much lower than that of the BA model. On the other hand, increasing the modularity strength will accelerate the propagation velocity.     

Degree and wealth distribution in a network induced by wealth

A network induced by wealth is a social network model in which wealth induces individuals to participate as nodes, and every node in the network produces and accumulates wealth utilizing its links. More specifically, at every time step a new node is added to the network, and a link is created between one of the existing nodes and the new node. Innate wealth-producing ability is randomly assigned to every new node, and the node to be connected to the new node is chosen randomly, with odds proportional to the accumulated wealth of each existing node. Analyzing this network using the mean value and continuous flow approaches, we derive a relation between the conditional expectations of the degree and the accumulated wealth of each node. From this relation, we show that the degree distribution of the network induced by wealth is scale-free. We also show that the wealth distribution has a power-law tail and satisfies the 80/20 rule. We also show that, over the whole range, the cumulative wealth distribution exhibits the same topological characteristics as the wealth distributions of several networks based on the Bouchaud-Mèzard model, even though the mechanism for producing wealth is quite different in our model. Further, we show that the cumulative wealth distribution for the poor and middle class seems likely to follow by a log-normal distribution, while for the richest, the cumulative wealth distribution has a power-law behavior.     

Preservation of network degree distributions from non-uniform failures

There has been a considerable amount of interest in recent years on the robustness of networks to failures. Many previous studies have concentrated on the effects of node and edge removals on the connectivity structure of a static network; the networks are considered to be static in the sense that no compensatory measures are allowed for recovery of the original structure. Real world networks such as the world wide web, however, are not static and experience a considerable amount of turnover, where nodes and edges are both added and deleted. Considering degree-based node removals, we examine the possibility of preserving networks from these types of disruptions. We recover the original degree distribution by allowing the network to react to the attack by introducing new nodes and attaching their edges via specially tailored schemes. We focus particularly on the case of non-uniform failures, a subject that has received little attention in the context of evolving networks. Using a combination of analytical techniques and numerical simulations, we demonstrate how to preserve the exact degree distribution of the studied networks from various forms of attack.     

A Bidirectional “Y” Type OXC Structure Using the Least Optical Switches

In this paper, a bidirectional Y type optical cross-connect structure is introduced. It minimizes the number of 2 × 2 optical switches by utilizing the route characteristic of a bidirectional Y type OTN node. The method to satisfy this route request by our OXC is demonstrated. The wavelength utilizing efficiency between our structure and the nonblocking bidirectional Y type OTN node has also compared. The blocking, complexity, loss, loss uniformity and cross-talk characteristics are also demonstrated.     

复杂网络中节点重要性排序的研究进展

如何用定量分析的方法识别超大规模网络中哪些节点最重要, 或者评价某个节点相对于其他一个或多个节点的重要程度, 这是复杂网络研究中亟待解决的重要问题之一. 本文分别从网络结构和传播动力学的角度, 对现有的复杂网络中节点重要性排序方法进行了系统的回顾,总结了节点重要性排序方法的最新研究进展, 并对不同的节点重要性排序指标的优缺点以及适用环境进行了分析, 最后指出了这一领域中几个有待解决的问题及可能的发展方向. 关键词： 复杂网络 节点重要性 网络结构 传播动力学     

基于度与集聚系数的网络节点重要性度量方法研究

网络中节点重要性度量对于研究网络的鲁棒性具有十分重要的意义. 研究者们普遍运用度或集聚系数来度量节点的重要程度, 然而度指标只考虑节点自身邻居个数而忽略了其邻居之间的信息, 集聚系数只考虑节点邻居之间的紧密程度而忽略了其邻居的规模. 本文综合考虑节点的邻居个数, 以及其邻居之间的连接紧密程度, 提出了一种基于邻居信息与集聚系数的节点重要性评价方法. 对美国航空网络和美国西部电力网进行的选择性攻击实验表明, 采用该方法的效果较k-shell指标可以分别提高24%和112%. 本文的节点重要性度量方法只需要考虑网络局部信息, 因此非常适合于对大规模网络的节点重要性进行有效分析. 关键词： 网络科学 鲁棒性 节点重要性 集聚系数     

A Bidirectional “Y” Type OXC Structure Using the Least Optical Switches

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