Community detection with and without prior information. Allahverdyan, A. E., Steeg, Ver, G., & Galstyan, A. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 90(1):18002, 2010.
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We study the problem of graph partitioning, or clustering, in sparse networks with prior information about the clusters. Specifically, we assume that for a fraction ρ of the nodes their true cluster assignments are known in advance. This can be understood as a semi-supervised version of clustering, in contrast to unsupervised clustering where the only available information is the graph structure. In the unsupervised case, it is known that there is a threshold of the inter-cluster connectivity beyond which clusters cannot be detected. Here we study the impact of the prior information on the detection threshold, and show that even minute (but generic) values of ρ>0 shift the threshold downwards to its lowest possible value. For weighted graphs we show that a small semi-supervising can be used for a non-trivial definition of communities.
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  abstract = {We study the problem of graph partitioning, or clustering, in sparse networks with prior information about the clusters. Specifically, we assume that for a fraction ρ of the nodes their true cluster assignments are known in advance. This can be understood as a semi-supervised version of clustering, in contrast to unsupervised clustering where the only available information is the graph structure. In the unsupervised case, it is known that there is a threshold of the inter-cluster connectivity beyond which clusters cannot be detected. Here we study the impact of the prior information on the detection threshold, and show that even minute (but generic) values of ρ>0 shift the threshold downwards to its lowest possible value. For weighted graphs we show that a small semi-supervising can be used for a non-trivial definition of communities.},
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  author = {Allahverdyan, A. E. and Steeg, G. Ver and Galstyan, A.},
  biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ec9d64b1e2f6dda9830589084d3a8d2d/folke},
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  journal = {EPL (Europhysics Letters)},
  keywords = {based clustering community constrained detection graph},
  number = {1},
  pages = {18002},
  title = {Community detection with and without prior information},
  url = {http://stacks.iop.org/0295-5075/90/i=1/a=18002},
  volume = {90},
  year = {2010}
}

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