Straightness Centrality


Definition

This index start from the hypothesis that the communication between two points is better when the path is straight. It may be evaluated by the expression:
Straightness Centrality
where dEuij is the Euclidean distance between nodes i and j along a straight line.

Software

References

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  • Agryzkov, T., Oliver, J.L., Tortosa, L. and Vicent, J., 2014. A new betweenness centrality measure based on an algorithm for ranking the nodes of a network. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 244, pp.467-478.