Seminar on Computational Learning and Adaptation


  A Model of Network Growth with Communities

Kazumi Saito
Intelligent Communication Laboratory
NTT Communication Science Laboratories
2-4 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku-gun
Kyoto 619-0237 JAPAN
saito@cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp

In this talk, we propose a model for the growth of networks and an associated learning algorithm. Unlike the conventional scale-free approaches, the model incorporates community structure, which is an important characteristic of many real-world networks, including the World Wide Web. Experimental studies reveal that the model exhibits a degree distribution with a power-law tail and that the learning method can precisely estimate the probability of new link creation from data without community information. Moreover, by introducing a measure of dynamic hub degrees, it can predict the change of hub degrees between communities.

This talk describes joint work with Masahiro Kimura and Naonori Ueda.



Date: Thursday, May 2

Time: 4:15-5:30PM

Place: Cordura 100


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