Community Detection I

Here we examine multiple techniques for finding subgroups in network data. Subgroups are cohesive subsets of nodes that are more connected within than between.

Readings

ASN ch 11
Borgatti, S.P. How to explain hierarchical clustering. [html]
Notes on subgroups

Exercises

community detection
Ch 11 exercises

Agenda

class outline

Slides

community detection

Supplementary Readings

Borgatti, S. P., Everett, M. G., & Shirey, P. 1990. LS sets, lambda sets and other cohesive subsets. Social Networks, 12: 337-357. [pdf]
Uddin, S. (2016). Exploring the impact of different multi-level measures of physician communities in patient-centric care networks on healthcare outcomes: A multi-level regression approach. Scientific reports, 6(1), 20222. [html] [an example of how the results of community detection are used in a regression]

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