Journal title
Journal of Complex Networks
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Abstract
Clustering algorithms for large networks typically use modularity values to
test which partitions of the vertex set better represent structure in the data.
The modularity of a graph is the maximum modularity of a partition. We consider
the modularity of two kinds of graphs.
For $r$-regular graphs with a given number of vertices, we investigate the
minimum possible modularity, the typical modularity, and the maximum possible
modularity. In particular, we see that for random cubic graphs the modularity
is usually in the interval $(0.666, 0.804)$, and for random $r$-regular graphs
with large $r$ it usually is of order $1/\sqrt{r}$. These results help to
establish baselines for statistical tests on regular graphs.
The modularity of cycles and low degree trees is known to be close to 1: we
extend these results to `treelike' graphs, where the product of treewidth and
maximum degree is much less than the number of edges. This yields for example
the (deterministic) lower bound $0.666$ mentioned above on the modularity of
random cubic graphs.
test which partitions of the vertex set better represent structure in the data.
The modularity of a graph is the maximum modularity of a partition. We consider
the modularity of two kinds of graphs.
For $r$-regular graphs with a given number of vertices, we investigate the
minimum possible modularity, the typical modularity, and the maximum possible
modularity. In particular, we see that for random cubic graphs the modularity
is usually in the interval $(0.666, 0.804)$, and for random $r$-regular graphs
with large $r$ it usually is of order $1/\sqrt{r}$. These results help to
establish baselines for statistical tests on regular graphs.
The modularity of cycles and low degree trees is known to be close to 1: we
extend these results to `treelike' graphs, where the product of treewidth and
maximum degree is much less than the number of edges. This yields for example
the (deterministic) lower bound $0.666$ mentioned above on the modularity of
random cubic graphs.
Symplectic ID
631519
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.09101v3
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Publication type
Journal Article
Publication date
2018