Strength
Definition
Summing up the edge weights of the adjacent edges for each vertex.
A more significant measure of the network properties in terms of the actual weights is obtained by extending the definition of vertex degree ki = Σj aij in terms of the vertex strength si, defined as:
A more significant measure of the network properties in terms of the actual weights is obtained by extending the definition of vertex degree ki = Σj aij in terms of the vertex strength si, defined as:
Software
References
- CSARDI, G. & NEPUSZ, T. 2006. The igraph software package for complex network research. InterJournal, Complex Systems, 1695. [http://igraph.org]
- BARRAT, A., BARTHÉLEMY, M., PASTOR-SATORRAS, R. & VESPIGNANI, A. 2004. The architecture of complex weighted networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101, 3747-3752.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0400087101
