A Higher-Order Temporal H-Index for Evolving Networks
2023 (English)In: KDD 2023: Proceedings of the 29th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2023, p. 1770-1782Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
The H-index of a node in a static network is the maximum value h such that at least h of its neighbors have a degree of at least h. Recently, a generalized version, the n-th order H-index, was introduced, allowing to relate degree centrality, H-index, and the k-core of a node. We extend the n-th order H-index to temporal networks and define corresponding temporal centrality measures and temporal core decompositions. Our n-th order temporal H-index respects the reachability in temporal networks leading to node rankings, which reflect the importance of nodes in spreading processes. We derive natural decompositions of temporal networks into subgraphs with strong temporal coherence. We analyze a recursive computation scheme and develop a highly scalable streaming algorithm. Our experimental evaluation demonstrates the efficiency of our algorithms and the conceptional validity of our approach. Specifically, we show that the n-th order temporal H-index is a strong heuristic for identifying possible super-spreaders in evolving social networks and detects temporally well-connected components.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2023. p. 1770-1782
Keywords [en]
centrality, decomposition, h-index, temporal network
National Category
Communication Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-337890DOI: 10.1145/3580305.3599242ISI: 001118896301073Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85171348364OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-337890DiVA, id: diva2:1803833
Conference
29th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, KDD 2023, Long Beach, United States of America, Aug 6 2023 - Aug 10 2023
Note
Part of ISBN 9798400701030
QC 20231123
2023-10-102023-10-102024-03-04Bibliographically approved