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COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019: Complex Networks and Their Applications VIII pp 90–101Cite as

Sampling on Networks: Estimating Eigenvector Centrality on Incomplete Networks

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Abstract

We develop a new sampling method to estimate eigenvector centrality on incomplete networks. Our goal is to estimate this global centrality measure having at disposal a limited amount of data. This is the case in many real-world scenarios where data collection is expensive, the network is too big for data storage capacity or only partial information is available. The sampling algorithm is theoretically grounded by results derived from spectral approximation theory. We studied the problem on both synthetic and real data and tested the performance comparing with state-of-the-art methods. We show that approximations obtained from such methods are not always reliable and that our algorithm, while preserving computational scalability, improves performance under some relevant error measures.

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  • Sampling
  • Networks
  • Eigenvector centrality

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    Nicolò Ruggeri & Caterina De Bacco

  2. Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy

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  4. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Madrid, Spain

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Ruggeri, N., De Bacco, C. (2020). Sampling on Networks: Estimating Eigenvector Centrality on Incomplete Networks. In: Cherifi, H., Gaito, S., Mendes, J., Moro, E., Rocha, L. (eds) Complex Networks and Their Applications VIII. COMPLEX NETWORKS 2019. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 881. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36687-2_8

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