New insight into 2-community structures in graphs with applications in social networks

Cristina Bazgan; Janka Chlebikova; Thomas  Pontoizeau

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-26626-8_18

New insight into 2-community structures in graphs with applications in social networks

Cristina Bazgan
, Janka Chlebikova
, Thomas Pontoizeau

Universite Paris Dauphine

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Abstract

We investigate the structural and algorithmic properties of 2-community structure in graphs introduced by Olsen [A general view on computing communities, Mathematical Social Sciences 66(3):331--336, 2013]. A 2-community structure is a partition of vertex set into two parts such that for each vertex of the graph number of neighbours in/outside own part is in correlation with sizes of parts. We show that every 3-regular graph has a 2-community structure which can be found in polynomial time, even if the subgraphs induced by each partition must be connected. We introduce a concept of a 2-weak community and prove that it is NP-complete to find a balanced 2-weak community structure in general graphs even
with additional request of connectivity for both parts. On the other hand, the problem can be solved in polynomial time in graphs of degree at most 3.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Combinatorial Optimization and Applications
Subtitle of host publication	9th International Conference, COCOA 2015, Houston, TX, USA, December 18-20, 2015, Proceedings
Editors	Zaixin Lu, Donghyun Kim, Weili Wu, Wei Li, Ding-Zhu Du
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	18
Pages	236-250
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-26626-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-26625-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26626-8_18
Publication status	Published - 9 Dec 2015
Event	The 9th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA 2015) - Texas, Houston, United States Duration: 18 Dec 2015 → 20 Dec 2015

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	9486
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

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Conference	The 9th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA 2015)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Houston
Period	18/12/15 → 20/12/15

Keywords

graph theory
complexity theory
graph partitioning
community structure
clustering
social networks

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Bazgan, C., Chlebikova, J., & Pontoizeau, T. (2015). New insight into 2-community structures in graphs with applications in social networks. In Z. Lu, D. Kim, W. Wu, W. Li, & D.-Z. Du (Eds.), Combinatorial Optimization and Applications: 9th International Conference, COCOA 2015, Houston, TX, USA, December 18-20, 2015, Proceedings (pp. 236-250). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9486). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26626-8_18

Bazgan, Cristina ; Chlebikova, Janka ; Pontoizeau, Thomas . / New insight into 2-community structures in graphs with applications in social networks. Combinatorial Optimization and Applications: 9th International Conference, COCOA 2015, Houston, TX, USA, December 18-20, 2015, Proceedings. editor / Zaixin Lu ; Donghyun Kim ; Weili Wu ; Wei Li ; Ding-Zhu Du. Springer, 2015. pp. 236-250 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Bazgan, C, Chlebikova, J & Pontoizeau, T 2015, New insight into 2-community structures in graphs with applications in social networks. in Z Lu, D Kim, W Wu, W Li & D-Z Du (eds), Combinatorial Optimization and Applications: 9th International Conference, COCOA 2015, Houston, TX, USA, December 18-20, 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9486, Springer, pp. 236-250, The 9th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA 2015), Houston, United States, 18/12/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26626-8_18

New insight into 2-community structures in graphs with applications in social networks. / Bazgan, Cristina; Chlebikova, Janka; Pontoizeau, Thomas .
Combinatorial Optimization and Applications: 9th International Conference, COCOA 2015, Houston, TX, USA, December 18-20, 2015, Proceedings. ed. / Zaixin Lu; Donghyun Kim; Weili Wu; Wei Li; Ding-Zhu Du. Springer, 2015. p. 236-250 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9486).

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Bazgan C, Chlebikova J, Pontoizeau T. New insight into 2-community structures in graphs with applications in social networks. In Lu Z, Kim D, Wu W, Li W, Du DZ, editors, Combinatorial Optimization and Applications: 9th International Conference, COCOA 2015, Houston, TX, USA, December 18-20, 2015, Proceedings. Springer. 2015. p. 236-250. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-26626-8_18

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