Scientists Develop Technique For Extracting Hierarchical Structure Of Networks
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 13:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Santa Fe Institute researchers Aaron Clauset, Cristopher Moore, and Mark Newman show that many real-world networks can be understood as a hierarchy of modules, where nodes cluster together to form modules, which themselves cluster into larger modules -- arrangements similar to the organization of sports players into teams, teams into conferences, and conferences into leagues, for example.