内容简介
Communitystructureisasalientstructuralcharacteristicofmanyreal-worldnetworks.Communitiesaregenerallyhierarchical,overlapping,multi-scaleandcoexistwithothertypesofstructuralregularitiesofnetworks.Thisposesmajorchallengesforconventionalmethodsofcommunitydetection.Thisbookwillcomprehensivelyintroducethelatestadvancesincommunitydetection,especiallythedetectionofoverlappingandhierarchicalcommunitystructures,thedetectionofmulti-scalecommunitiesinheterogeneousnetworks,andtheexplorationofmultipletypesofstructuralregularities.Theseadvanceshavebeensuccessfullyappliedtoanalyzelarge-scaleonlinesocialnetworks,suchasFacebookandTwitter.Thisbookprovidesreadersaconvenientwaytograspthecuttingedgeofcommunitydetectionincomplexnetworks.Thethesisonwhichthisbookisbasedwashonoredwiththe"Top100ExcellentDoctoralDissertationsAward"fromtheChineseAcademyofSciencesandwasnominatedasthe"OutstandingDoctoralDissertation"bytheChineseComputerFederation.
作者简介
Hua-WeiSheniscurrentlyanassociateprofessorattheInstituteofComputingTechnology,ChineseAcademyofSciences,whereheleadsaresearchgrouponnetworkanalysisandsocialcomputing.Hismainresearchinterestsincludenetworkscience,recommendersystem,andsocialnetworkanalysis.HereceivedhisPhDfromtheGraduateUniversityoftheChineseAcademyofSciencesin2010.Hisdoctoralthesiswashonoredwiththe"Top100ExcellentDoctoralDissertationsAward"bytheChineseAcademyofSciencesandwasnominatedasthe"OutstandingDoctoralDissertation"bytheChineseComputerFederation.Hehaspublishedmorethan40papersinprestigiousjournalsandtopinternationalconferences,includingPLoSONE,PhysicalReviewE,JournalofStatisticalMechanics,WWW,CIKM,WSDM,andIJCAI.