{"_id":"eYFg3ohko3k4qFWHz","bibbaseid":"emilioferrara-communitystructurediscoveryinfacebook-2012","downloads":0,"creationDate":"2017-01-14T00:35:48.057Z","title":"Community structure discovery in Facebook","author_short":["Emilio Ferrara"],"year":2012,"bibtype":"article","biburl":null,"bibdata":{"title":"Community structure discovery in Facebook","type":"article","year":"2012","keywords":"community detection,community structure,community structure analysis,community structure detection,complex networks,network clustering,network community analysis,social network analysis,social network clustrering,social network community analysis,social network community detection,social 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