Cycles and clustering in bipartite networks

@misc{citeulike:549416, abstract = {We investigate the clustering ability in bipartite networks where cycles of size three are absent and therefore the standard definition of clustering coefficient cannot be used. Instead, we use another coefficient given by the fraction of cycles with size four, showing that both coefficients yield the same clustering properties. The new coefficient is computed for two networks of sexual contacts, one monopartite and another bipartite. In both cases the clustering ability is similar. Furthermore, combining both clustering coefficients we deduce an expression for estimating cycles of larger size, which improves previous estimations and is suitable for either monopartite and multipartite networks.}, author = {Lind, Pedro G. and Gonz\ález, Marta C. and Herrmann, Hans J. }, citeulike-article-id = {549416}, eprint = {cond-mat/0504241}, keywords = {agents, dtl, eni, enidtl, mobile, multiagent, networks, pysics, social}, month = {Apr}, posted-at = {2006-03-13 11:47:53}, priority = {2}, title = {Cycles and clustering in bipartite networks}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504241}, year = {2005} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:549416 L3 - citeulike-article-id:549416 TI - Cycles and clustering in bipartite networks N2 - We investigate the clustering ability in bipartite networks where cycles of size three are absent and therefore the standard definition of clustering coefficient cannot be used. Instead, we use another coefficient given by the fraction of cycles with size four, showing that both coefficients yield the same clustering properties. The new coefficient is computed for two networks of sexual contacts, one monopartite and another bipartite. In both cases the clustering ability is similar. Furthermore, combining both clustering coefficients we deduce an expression for estimating cycles of larger size, which improves previous estimations and is suitable for either monopartite and multipartite networks. KW - agents KW - dtl KW - eni KW - enidtl KW - mobile KW - multiagent KW - networks KW - pysics KW - social AU - Lind, Pedro AU - González, Marta AU - Herrmann, Hans PY - 2005/Apr/11/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504241 ER -