Blockmodels represent hypothesized structural equivalence positions in networks. They partition actors into blocks based on their relational similarities. Blockmodel images show the presence or absence of ties within and between blocks. Interpreting blockmodels involves validating positions with actor attributes, describing individual positions based on their relations, and analyzing formal properties of image matrices.
Graph Community Detection Algorithm for Distributed Memory Parallel Computing...Alexander Pozdneev
Community detection is an important problem that spans many research areas, such as social networks, systems biology, power grid optimization. The fine-grained communication and irregular access pattern to memory and interconnect limit the overall scalability and performance of existing algorithms. This talk presents a highly scalable parallel algorithm for distributed memory systems. The method employs a novel implementation strategy to store and process dynamic graphs. The scalability analysis of the algorithm was performed using two massively parallel machines, Blue Gene/Q and Power7-IH, for graphs with up to hundreds of billions of edges. Leveraging the convergence properties of the algorithm and the efficient implementation, it is possible to analyze communities of large-scale graphs in just a few seconds. The talk is based on a paper accepted for publication in IPDPS-2015 conference proceedings that was kindly provided by Dr. Fabrizio Petrini (IBM Research).
The document presents a method for detecting communities in social networks using random walks on graphs. It discusses representing networks as graphs and the concept of community structure. It also summarizes common community detection algorithms before describing the inspiration for their project, which uses random walks and the map equation to identify communities. The document outlines their approach, which assigns Jaccard weights to edges and performs random walks to identify communities, and provides results on football and karate networks.
FKP Property Group had a transformational year in 2013, focusing on becoming Australia's leading pure play retirement group. Key achievements included a 28% increase in retirement unit sales to 622, strong performances from non-retirement businesses, and reducing debt through asset sales. The company accelerated its strategy to divest non-retirement assets and focus on its high quality retirement portfolio to capitalize on Australia's aging population. FKP is well positioned for future growth through extracting higher returns from its existing retirement portfolio, accelerating its retirement development pipeline, and expanding care offerings.
Zdalnie Sterowane Modele RC na Pilota. Pojazdy z Silnikami Elektrycznymi i Spalinowymi w tym Samochody, Samoloty, Helikoptery, Czołgi, Motorówki, Łodzie oraz Zabawki RC dla Dzieci - Sklep Modele RC
Creating and managing a non-profit ( A Presentation By Ebele Mogo, DrPH)Dr. Ebele Mogo
This document provides guidance on creating and managing a successful nonprofit organization. It discusses what nonprofits are, questions to consider before starting a nonprofit like determining the mission and ensuring there is no duplication of services. It also covers establishing the organization through developing vision and mission statements and establishing a board of directors. The document emphasizes the importance of strategic planning, fundraising, marketing, communications, technology, succession planning, and accountability for nonprofit sustainability.
Slides of the SEO workshop conducted at RiseUp 2016.
References included in the slides.
Special thanks to: Bernard Huang's programmatic SEO slides.
http://www.slideshare.net/bernardjhuang/programmatic-seo-bernard-huang-500-startups-distro-dojo
La pandemia de COVID-19 ha tenido un impacto significativo en la economía mundial. Muchos países experimentaron fuertes caídas en el PIB y aumentos en el desempleo debido a los cierres generalizados y las restricciones a los viajes. Aunque las vacunas han permitido la reapertura de muchas economías, los efectos a largo plazo de la pandemia en sectores como el turismo y los viajes aún no están claros.
DEVNET-1190 Targeted Threat (APT) Defense for Hosted ApplicationsCisco DevNet
This talk discusses the problems of secure API development and how nation states break into Fortune 500 computers and what application developers can/need to do so that their applications don’t get broken in to and how products like Cisco's CCS Nimbus is protected from these problems. it also discusses the secure administration of systems like CCS as sysAdmins and their credentials are the #1 target for these types of attacks.
Graph Community Detection Algorithm for Distributed Memory Parallel Computing...Alexander Pozdneev
Community detection is an important problem that spans many research areas, such as social networks, systems biology, power grid optimization. The fine-grained communication and irregular access pattern to memory and interconnect limit the overall scalability and performance of existing algorithms. This talk presents a highly scalable parallel algorithm for distributed memory systems. The method employs a novel implementation strategy to store and process dynamic graphs. The scalability analysis of the algorithm was performed using two massively parallel machines, Blue Gene/Q and Power7-IH, for graphs with up to hundreds of billions of edges. Leveraging the convergence properties of the algorithm and the efficient implementation, it is possible to analyze communities of large-scale graphs in just a few seconds. The talk is based on a paper accepted for publication in IPDPS-2015 conference proceedings that was kindly provided by Dr. Fabrizio Petrini (IBM Research).
The document presents a method for detecting communities in social networks using random walks on graphs. It discusses representing networks as graphs and the concept of community structure. It also summarizes common community detection algorithms before describing the inspiration for their project, which uses random walks and the map equation to identify communities. The document outlines their approach, which assigns Jaccard weights to edges and performs random walks to identify communities, and provides results on football and karate networks.
FKP Property Group had a transformational year in 2013, focusing on becoming Australia's leading pure play retirement group. Key achievements included a 28% increase in retirement unit sales to 622, strong performances from non-retirement businesses, and reducing debt through asset sales. The company accelerated its strategy to divest non-retirement assets and focus on its high quality retirement portfolio to capitalize on Australia's aging population. FKP is well positioned for future growth through extracting higher returns from its existing retirement portfolio, accelerating its retirement development pipeline, and expanding care offerings.
Zdalnie Sterowane Modele RC na Pilota. Pojazdy z Silnikami Elektrycznymi i Spalinowymi w tym Samochody, Samoloty, Helikoptery, Czołgi, Motorówki, Łodzie oraz Zabawki RC dla Dzieci - Sklep Modele RC
Creating and managing a non-profit ( A Presentation By Ebele Mogo, DrPH)Dr. Ebele Mogo
This document provides guidance on creating and managing a successful nonprofit organization. It discusses what nonprofits are, questions to consider before starting a nonprofit like determining the mission and ensuring there is no duplication of services. It also covers establishing the organization through developing vision and mission statements and establishing a board of directors. The document emphasizes the importance of strategic planning, fundraising, marketing, communications, technology, succession planning, and accountability for nonprofit sustainability.
Slides of the SEO workshop conducted at RiseUp 2016.
References included in the slides.
Special thanks to: Bernard Huang's programmatic SEO slides.
http://www.slideshare.net/bernardjhuang/programmatic-seo-bernard-huang-500-startups-distro-dojo
La pandemia de COVID-19 ha tenido un impacto significativo en la economía mundial. Muchos países experimentaron fuertes caídas en el PIB y aumentos en el desempleo debido a los cierres generalizados y las restricciones a los viajes. Aunque las vacunas han permitido la reapertura de muchas economías, los efectos a largo plazo de la pandemia en sectores como el turismo y los viajes aún no están claros.
DEVNET-1190 Targeted Threat (APT) Defense for Hosted ApplicationsCisco DevNet
This talk discusses the problems of secure API development and how nation states break into Fortune 500 computers and what application developers can/need to do so that their applications don’t get broken in to and how products like Cisco's CCS Nimbus is protected from these problems. it also discusses the secure administration of systems like CCS as sysAdmins and their credentials are the #1 target for these types of attacks.
InstructionsPlease answer the following question in a minimum.docxdirkrplav
Instructions:
Please answer the following question in a minimum of 500 words. Be sure to include 2 citations.
Question:
On August 31, 2010, Chickasaw Industries issued $25 million of its 30-year, 6% convertible bonds dated August 31, priced to yield 5%. The bonds are convertible at the option of the investors into 1,500,000 shares of Chickasaw's common stock. Chickasaw records interest expense at the effective rate. On August 31, 2013, investors in Chickasaw's convertible bonds tendered 20% of the bonds for conversion into common stock that had a market value of $20 per share on the date of the conversion. On January 1, 2012, Chickasaw Industries issued $40 million of its 20-year, 7% bonds dated January 1 at a price to yield 8%. On December 31, 2013, the bonds were extinguished early through acquisition in the open market by Chickasaw for $40.5 million.
Required:
1.
Using the book value method, would recording the conversion of the 6% convertible bonds into common stock affect earnings? If so, by how much? Would earnings be affected if the market value method is used? If so, by how much?
2.
Were the 7% bonds issued at face value, at a discount, or at a premium? Explain.
3.
Would the amount of interest expense for the 7% bonds be higher in the first year or second year of the term to maturity? Explain.
4.
How should gain or loss on early extinguishment of debt be determined? Does the early extinguishment of the 7% bonds result in a gain or loss? Explain.
Statistics Questions to Answer.doc.rtf
2
*Note: An Excel Workbook has also been uploaded. Within that workbook are 8 XLS files which are included in 8 separate tabs. These files will be needed to answer most of the questions.This work is due Friday, September 19th
Q1)Fill in the blanks (show your work).
Variable
N
Mean
Median
TrMean
StDev
haircut
171
23.17
17.00
21.14
18.20
sleep
171
6.6477
7.0000
6.6487
0.8396
age
171
27.421
27.000
27.098
3.646
Correlations:haircut,sleep, age
haircut
sleep
sleep
-0.117
age
0.062
(1)
Covariances:haircut,sleep, age
haircut
sleep
age
haircut
(2)_
sleep
-1.79232
0.70491
age
4.12314
-0.45372
13.29226
Blank 1 =
Blank 2 =
Q2)Is the following statement correct? Explain why or why not.
“A correlation of 0 implies that no relationship exists between the two variables under study.”
Q3)Does how long children remain at the lunch table help predict how much they eat? The data in file lunchtime.xls (File is in Tab#1 of Excel Workbook) gives information on 20 toddlers observed over several months at a nursery school. “Time” is the average number of minutes a child spent at the table when lunch was served. “Calories” is the average number of calories the child consumed during lunch, calculated from careful observation of what the child ate each day.
Findthecorrelationforthesedata.
Supposeweweretorecordtimeatthetableinhoursratherthaninminutes.Howwouldthecorrelationchange?Why?
Writeasentenceortwoexplainingwhatthiscorrelationmeansfort.
1. A plane frame structure was modeled in GSA Suite software and analyzed under full factored loading. Bending moment diagrams were generated which identified maximum and minimum bending moments.
2. Hand calculations were shown to determine the global stiffness matrix partitions for the frame based on its degrees of freedom. The local stiffness matrix for a member was transformed to the global matrix.
3. Further analysis of the bending moment diagrams identified the locations of zero bending moments. For linear members, graphs were plotted and linear equations solved. Members with parabolic bending followed a quadratic equation to find two zero points.
Garbage Classification Using Deep Learning TechniquesIRJET Journal
The document discusses using deep learning techniques for garbage classification. It compares the performance of different models, including support vector machines with HOG features, simple convolutional neural networks (CNNs), CNNs with residual blocks, and a hybrid model combining CNN features with HOG features. The CNN models generally performed best, with the simple CNN achieving over 93% accuracy on test data. Residual blocks did not significantly improve performance over simple CNNs. Combining CNN and HOG features was also considered but did not clearly outperform CNNs alone. Overall, CNN models were shown to effectively classify garbage using these image datasets.
When spatial data are distributed across multiple servers, there is an obvious difficulty with computing the likelihood function without combining all the data onto one server. Therefore, it would be of interest to compute estimates of the spatial parameters based on decompositions of the spatial held into blocks, each block corresponding to one server. Two methods suggest themselves, a \between blocks" approach in which each block is reduced to a single observation (or a low dimensional summary) to facilitate calculation of a likelihood across blocks, or a within blocks" approach in which the likelihood is calculated for each block and then combined into an overall likelihood for the full process. In fact, I argue that a hybrid approach that combines both ideas is best. Theoretical calculations are provided for the statistical efficiency of each approach. In conclusion, I will present some thoughts for optimal sampling designs with distributed data.
Data Science Salon: MCL Clustering of Sparse GraphsFormulatedby
The increasing need for clustering in several scientific domains has inevitably driven the creation of innovative algorithms, each designed to perform more efficiently in certain applications. More specifically, in many applications the data entities involved can be portrayed effectively by a graph as a collection of nodes and edges. One of the most established algorithms for graph clustering problems is the Markov Cluster Algorithm (MCL).
Next DSS MIA Event - https://datascience.salon/miami/
When dealing with large and complex datasets, the underlying graphs can easily reach proportions that independent computing systems are inadequate to deal with. Additionally, the graphs encountered are typically sparse: the number of edges is far smaller than might be possible in a fully-connected graph. Consequently, there is a concrete need for algorithms that are designed to handle sparse graph clustering utilizing distributed computing resources.
Our motivation was the development of a distributed architecture, able to accommodate large and sparse graphs, to actualize the MCL and R-MCL algorithm. The Apache Spark framework was chosen due to its ability to utilize distributed resources and its proven track record. Although Spark is a framework capable of handling massive datasets, it currently does not provide rich support for computation with sparse matrices and sparse graphs. Hence, methods have been implemented to enable the exploitation of sparse adjacency matrices in distributed sparse matrix multiplication, a critical component of MCL. The proposed solution can handle arbitrarily large inputs, provide almost linear speed-up with the addition of computational resources and output results directly comparable to the non-distributed reference MCL implementation.
A Proposed Algorithm to Detect the Largest Community Based On Depth LevelEswar Publications
The incredible rising of online networks show that these networks are complex and involving massive data.Giving a very strong interest to set of techniques developed for mining these networks. The clique problem is a well known NP-Hard problem in graph mining. One of the fundamental applications for it is the community detection. It helps to understand and model the network structure which has been a fundamental problem in several fields. In literature, the exponentially increasing computation time of this problem make the quality of these solutions is limited and infeasible for massive graphs. Furthermore, most of the proposed approaches are able to detect only disjoint communities. In this paper, we present a new clique based approach for fast and efficient overlapping
community detection. The work overcomes the short falls of clique percolation method (CPM), one of most popular and commonly used methods in this area. The shortfalls occur due to brute force algorithm for enumerating maximal cliques and also the missing out many vertices thatleads to poor node coverage. The proposed work overcome these shortfalls producing NMC method for enumerating maximal cliques then detects overlapping communities using three different community scales based on three different depth levels to assure high nodes coverage and detects the largest communities. The clustering coefficient and cluster density are used to measure the quality. The work also provide experimental results on benchmark real world network to
demonstrate the efficiency and compare the new proposed algorithm with CPM method, The proposed algorithm is able to quickly discover the maximal cliques and detects overlapping community with interesting remarks and findings.
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
This document summarizes a lecture on analyzing the structure and dynamics of social networks. The lecture will focus on reviewing classic papers on topics like how social networks form and evolve over time, how information spreads through social networks, and who is influential. It will assess papers on their main ideas, novelty, and impact. The objectives are to gain insights on network structure, dynamics, and potential research project ideas. The lecture will cover analyzing social networks as graphs and contrasting their properties to random graphs, as well as models for generating networks.
AN IMPROVED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM BASED ON THE BDM (BIT DECISION MAKING) ME...ijmpict
Based on the BDM (Bit Decision Making) method, the present work presents two contributions: first, the
illustration of the use of the technique known as SOP (Sum Of Products) in order to systematize the
process to obtain the correlation function for sub-system’s mathematical modelling, and second,the provision of capacity to manage a greater than binary but a finite - discrete set of possible subjective qualifications of suppliers at any criterion.
Distribution of maximal clique size underijfcstjournal
In this paper, we analyze the evolution of a small-world network and its subsequent transformation to a
random network using the idea of link rewiring under the well-known Watts-Strogatz model for complex
networks. Every link u-v in the regular network is considered for rewiring with a certain probability and if
chosen for rewiring, the link u-v is removed from the network and the node u is connected to a randomly
chosen node w (other than nodes u and v). Our objective in this paper is to analyze the distribution of the
maximal clique size per node by varying the probability of link rewiring and the degree per node (number
of links incident on a node) in the initial regular network. For a given probability of rewiring and initial
number of links per node, we observe the distribution of the maximal clique per node to follow a Poisson
distribution. We also observe the maximal clique size per node in the small-world network to be very close
to that of the average value and close to that of the maximal clique size in a regular network. There is no
appreciable decrease in the maximal clique size per node when the network transforms from a regular
network to a small-world network. On the other hand, when the network transforms from a small-world
network to a random network, the average maximal clique size value decreases significantly.
DISTRIBUTION OF MAXIMAL CLIQUE SIZE UNDER THE WATTS-STROGATZ MODEL OF EVOLUTI...ijfcstjournal
In this paper, we analyze the evolution of a small-world network and its subsequent transformation to a
random network using the idea of link rewiring under the well-known Watts-Strogatz model for complex
networks. Every link u-v in the regular network is considered for rewiring with a certain probability and if
chosen for rewiring, the link u-v is removed from the network and the node u is connected to a randomly
chosen node w (other than nodes u and v). Our objective in this paper is to analyze the distribution of the
maximal clique size per node by varying the probability of link rewiring and the degree per node (number
of links incident on a node) in the initial regular network. For a given probability of rewiring and initial
number of links per node, we observe the distribution of the maximal clique per node to follow a Poisson
distribution. We also observe the maximal clique size per node in the small-world network to be very close
to that of the average value and close to that of the maximal clique size in a regular network. There is no
appreciable decrease in the maximal clique size per node when the network transforms from a regular
network to a small-world network. On the other hand, when the network transforms from a small-world
network to a random network, the average maximal clique size value decreases significantly
1) The document discusses agglomerative spectral clustering, a technique for detecting communities in social networks. It projects nodes into an eigenvector feature space to define node similarity, then agglomerates similar nodes into communities.
2) Conductance is used as a termination criterion, where nodes are agglomerated only if it improves conductivity between the node and candidate community. This process iterates until no further agglomerations are possible.
3) The method is more accurate and efficient than other spectral clustering approaches, and is well-suited for real-world social network analysis due to its use of edge weights to differentiate similar projections.
This document provides information about solved assignments available at www.smusolvedassignments.com for various courses like BSCIT, Database Management Systems, Computer Organization and Architecture, Discrete Mathematics, Operating Systems, Technical Communication, Computer Networks, Algorithms, Software Engineering, and Visual Basic. Assignments from multiple semesters are included covering a wide range of topics. Users can visit the website or email solvemyassignments@gmail.com to get their assignments solved at nominal costs.
The document discusses data management techniques for social network analysis. It covers how to format network data for import into analysis software, how to transform data to make it suitable for different analyses, and how to export data and results. Specific transformation techniques discussed include transposing matrices, imputing missing values, symmetrizing and dichotomizing networks, combining multiple relations, combining nodes, and extracting subgraphs. Proper data management is presented as an important first step for network analysis.
VLSI DESIGN
The document discusses VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) design. It begins by defining VLSI as integrating thousands of transistors into a single chip. It then discusses the evolution of integration levels from SSI to VLSI and beyond. The rest of the document outlines the VLSI design flow including system specification, architectural design, functional design, logic design, circuit design, physical design, fabrication, packaging and testing. Transistor modeling considerations and basic MOS transistor operation modes such as cut-off, triode and saturation are also summarized.
This document discusses community detection in networks. It begins by introducing common network properties like small world phenomenon and power law degree distribution. It then discusses challenges in community detection for large networks. Various community detection algorithms are reviewed, including modularity maximization and stochastic block models. Issues with existing algorithms like resolution limits and sensitivity to network properties are explored. A new local algorithm is proposed that detects communities by maximizing a localized clique index, aiming to balance type I and type II errors. The algorithm allows parameter p to vary between subnetworks for more flexible community detection in complex real-world networks.
This document describes the development of the linear-strain triangle (LST) finite element. The LST element has 6 nodes, 12 degrees of freedom, and a quadratic displacement function, offering advantages over the constant-strain triangle element. The procedure to derive the LST element stiffness matrix is identical to that for the constant-strain triangle element. This involves: 1) selecting the element type and nodal displacements, 2) choosing displacement functions, 3) defining strain-displacement relationships, and 4) deriving the elemental stiffness matrix which is a function of the nodal coordinates. The resulting strains are linear over the triangular element.
Kakuro: Solving the Constraint Satisfaction ProblemVarad Meru
This work was done as a part of the project for the course CS 271: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (http://www.ics.uci.edu/~kkask/Fall-2014%20CS271/index.html), taught in Fall 2014.
Generating synthetic online social network graph data and topologiesGraph-TA
This document describes a 3-step approach to generating synthetic social network data that respects user privacy:
1. Topology generation uses the R-mat method to create a graph with power law distributions and community structure. Communities are identified using Louvain method. Seed nodes are selected as central nodes in each community.
2. Data attributes like age, gender, interests are defined based on real statistics. Attribute values and their proportions are specified in a table.
3. Data is populated starting from seed nodes using propagation rules. Nearby nodes are more likely to get similar attribute values to their seed. Challenges include disproportionate seed influence and ensuring diversity while meeting proportions.
InstructionsPlease answer the following question in a minimum.docxdirkrplav
Instructions:
Please answer the following question in a minimum of 500 words. Be sure to include 2 citations.
Question:
On August 31, 2010, Chickasaw Industries issued $25 million of its 30-year, 6% convertible bonds dated August 31, priced to yield 5%. The bonds are convertible at the option of the investors into 1,500,000 shares of Chickasaw's common stock. Chickasaw records interest expense at the effective rate. On August 31, 2013, investors in Chickasaw's convertible bonds tendered 20% of the bonds for conversion into common stock that had a market value of $20 per share on the date of the conversion. On January 1, 2012, Chickasaw Industries issued $40 million of its 20-year, 7% bonds dated January 1 at a price to yield 8%. On December 31, 2013, the bonds were extinguished early through acquisition in the open market by Chickasaw for $40.5 million.
Required:
1.
Using the book value method, would recording the conversion of the 6% convertible bonds into common stock affect earnings? If so, by how much? Would earnings be affected if the market value method is used? If so, by how much?
2.
Were the 7% bonds issued at face value, at a discount, or at a premium? Explain.
3.
Would the amount of interest expense for the 7% bonds be higher in the first year or second year of the term to maturity? Explain.
4.
How should gain or loss on early extinguishment of debt be determined? Does the early extinguishment of the 7% bonds result in a gain or loss? Explain.
Statistics Questions to Answer.doc.rtf
2
*Note: An Excel Workbook has also been uploaded. Within that workbook are 8 XLS files which are included in 8 separate tabs. These files will be needed to answer most of the questions.This work is due Friday, September 19th
Q1)Fill in the blanks (show your work).
Variable
N
Mean
Median
TrMean
StDev
haircut
171
23.17
17.00
21.14
18.20
sleep
171
6.6477
7.0000
6.6487
0.8396
age
171
27.421
27.000
27.098
3.646
Correlations:haircut,sleep, age
haircut
sleep
sleep
-0.117
age
0.062
(1)
Covariances:haircut,sleep, age
haircut
sleep
age
haircut
(2)_
sleep
-1.79232
0.70491
age
4.12314
-0.45372
13.29226
Blank 1 =
Blank 2 =
Q2)Is the following statement correct? Explain why or why not.
“A correlation of 0 implies that no relationship exists between the two variables under study.”
Q3)Does how long children remain at the lunch table help predict how much they eat? The data in file lunchtime.xls (File is in Tab#1 of Excel Workbook) gives information on 20 toddlers observed over several months at a nursery school. “Time” is the average number of minutes a child spent at the table when lunch was served. “Calories” is the average number of calories the child consumed during lunch, calculated from careful observation of what the child ate each day.
Findthecorrelationforthesedata.
Supposeweweretorecordtimeatthetableinhoursratherthaninminutes.Howwouldthecorrelationchange?Why?
Writeasentenceortwoexplainingwhatthiscorrelationmeansfort.
1. A plane frame structure was modeled in GSA Suite software and analyzed under full factored loading. Bending moment diagrams were generated which identified maximum and minimum bending moments.
2. Hand calculations were shown to determine the global stiffness matrix partitions for the frame based on its degrees of freedom. The local stiffness matrix for a member was transformed to the global matrix.
3. Further analysis of the bending moment diagrams identified the locations of zero bending moments. For linear members, graphs were plotted and linear equations solved. Members with parabolic bending followed a quadratic equation to find two zero points.
Garbage Classification Using Deep Learning TechniquesIRJET Journal
The document discusses using deep learning techniques for garbage classification. It compares the performance of different models, including support vector machines with HOG features, simple convolutional neural networks (CNNs), CNNs with residual blocks, and a hybrid model combining CNN features with HOG features. The CNN models generally performed best, with the simple CNN achieving over 93% accuracy on test data. Residual blocks did not significantly improve performance over simple CNNs. Combining CNN and HOG features was also considered but did not clearly outperform CNNs alone. Overall, CNN models were shown to effectively classify garbage using these image datasets.
When spatial data are distributed across multiple servers, there is an obvious difficulty with computing the likelihood function without combining all the data onto one server. Therefore, it would be of interest to compute estimates of the spatial parameters based on decompositions of the spatial held into blocks, each block corresponding to one server. Two methods suggest themselves, a \between blocks" approach in which each block is reduced to a single observation (or a low dimensional summary) to facilitate calculation of a likelihood across blocks, or a within blocks" approach in which the likelihood is calculated for each block and then combined into an overall likelihood for the full process. In fact, I argue that a hybrid approach that combines both ideas is best. Theoretical calculations are provided for the statistical efficiency of each approach. In conclusion, I will present some thoughts for optimal sampling designs with distributed data.
Data Science Salon: MCL Clustering of Sparse GraphsFormulatedby
The increasing need for clustering in several scientific domains has inevitably driven the creation of innovative algorithms, each designed to perform more efficiently in certain applications. More specifically, in many applications the data entities involved can be portrayed effectively by a graph as a collection of nodes and edges. One of the most established algorithms for graph clustering problems is the Markov Cluster Algorithm (MCL).
Next DSS MIA Event - https://datascience.salon/miami/
When dealing with large and complex datasets, the underlying graphs can easily reach proportions that independent computing systems are inadequate to deal with. Additionally, the graphs encountered are typically sparse: the number of edges is far smaller than might be possible in a fully-connected graph. Consequently, there is a concrete need for algorithms that are designed to handle sparse graph clustering utilizing distributed computing resources.
Our motivation was the development of a distributed architecture, able to accommodate large and sparse graphs, to actualize the MCL and R-MCL algorithm. The Apache Spark framework was chosen due to its ability to utilize distributed resources and its proven track record. Although Spark is a framework capable of handling massive datasets, it currently does not provide rich support for computation with sparse matrices and sparse graphs. Hence, methods have been implemented to enable the exploitation of sparse adjacency matrices in distributed sparse matrix multiplication, a critical component of MCL. The proposed solution can handle arbitrarily large inputs, provide almost linear speed-up with the addition of computational resources and output results directly comparable to the non-distributed reference MCL implementation.
A Proposed Algorithm to Detect the Largest Community Based On Depth LevelEswar Publications
The incredible rising of online networks show that these networks are complex and involving massive data.Giving a very strong interest to set of techniques developed for mining these networks. The clique problem is a well known NP-Hard problem in graph mining. One of the fundamental applications for it is the community detection. It helps to understand and model the network structure which has been a fundamental problem in several fields. In literature, the exponentially increasing computation time of this problem make the quality of these solutions is limited and infeasible for massive graphs. Furthermore, most of the proposed approaches are able to detect only disjoint communities. In this paper, we present a new clique based approach for fast and efficient overlapping
community detection. The work overcomes the short falls of clique percolation method (CPM), one of most popular and commonly used methods in this area. The shortfalls occur due to brute force algorithm for enumerating maximal cliques and also the missing out many vertices thatleads to poor node coverage. The proposed work overcome these shortfalls producing NMC method for enumerating maximal cliques then detects overlapping communities using three different community scales based on three different depth levels to assure high nodes coverage and detects the largest communities. The clustering coefficient and cluster density are used to measure the quality. The work also provide experimental results on benchmark real world network to
demonstrate the efficiency and compare the new proposed algorithm with CPM method, The proposed algorithm is able to quickly discover the maximal cliques and detects overlapping community with interesting remarks and findings.
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
This document summarizes a lecture on analyzing the structure and dynamics of social networks. The lecture will focus on reviewing classic papers on topics like how social networks form and evolve over time, how information spreads through social networks, and who is influential. It will assess papers on their main ideas, novelty, and impact. The objectives are to gain insights on network structure, dynamics, and potential research project ideas. The lecture will cover analyzing social networks as graphs and contrasting their properties to random graphs, as well as models for generating networks.
AN IMPROVED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM BASED ON THE BDM (BIT DECISION MAKING) ME...ijmpict
Based on the BDM (Bit Decision Making) method, the present work presents two contributions: first, the
illustration of the use of the technique known as SOP (Sum Of Products) in order to systematize the
process to obtain the correlation function for sub-system’s mathematical modelling, and second,the provision of capacity to manage a greater than binary but a finite - discrete set of possible subjective qualifications of suppliers at any criterion.
Distribution of maximal clique size underijfcstjournal
In this paper, we analyze the evolution of a small-world network and its subsequent transformation to a
random network using the idea of link rewiring under the well-known Watts-Strogatz model for complex
networks. Every link u-v in the regular network is considered for rewiring with a certain probability and if
chosen for rewiring, the link u-v is removed from the network and the node u is connected to a randomly
chosen node w (other than nodes u and v). Our objective in this paper is to analyze the distribution of the
maximal clique size per node by varying the probability of link rewiring and the degree per node (number
of links incident on a node) in the initial regular network. For a given probability of rewiring and initial
number of links per node, we observe the distribution of the maximal clique per node to follow a Poisson
distribution. We also observe the maximal clique size per node in the small-world network to be very close
to that of the average value and close to that of the maximal clique size in a regular network. There is no
appreciable decrease in the maximal clique size per node when the network transforms from a regular
network to a small-world network. On the other hand, when the network transforms from a small-world
network to a random network, the average maximal clique size value decreases significantly.
DISTRIBUTION OF MAXIMAL CLIQUE SIZE UNDER THE WATTS-STROGATZ MODEL OF EVOLUTI...ijfcstjournal
In this paper, we analyze the evolution of a small-world network and its subsequent transformation to a
random network using the idea of link rewiring under the well-known Watts-Strogatz model for complex
networks. Every link u-v in the regular network is considered for rewiring with a certain probability and if
chosen for rewiring, the link u-v is removed from the network and the node u is connected to a randomly
chosen node w (other than nodes u and v). Our objective in this paper is to analyze the distribution of the
maximal clique size per node by varying the probability of link rewiring and the degree per node (number
of links incident on a node) in the initial regular network. For a given probability of rewiring and initial
number of links per node, we observe the distribution of the maximal clique per node to follow a Poisson
distribution. We also observe the maximal clique size per node in the small-world network to be very close
to that of the average value and close to that of the maximal clique size in a regular network. There is no
appreciable decrease in the maximal clique size per node when the network transforms from a regular
network to a small-world network. On the other hand, when the network transforms from a small-world
network to a random network, the average maximal clique size value decreases significantly
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1. Blockmodels
Based on Wasserman and Faust (1994) Chapter 10
Blockmodels represent hypothesized relations (ties) among actors occupying
structurally equivalent positions (blocks) in networks (see W&F Chap 9 on SE).
Blockmodel – a partition of the set of g actors, in one or more relational networks,
into B discrete positions, with permuted and blocked matrices showing the
presence or absence of ties within and between positions for each type of relation.
Image – a reduced BxB blockmodel matrix whose 0-1 entries show the presence
and absence of ties among the B positions
oneblock (bond): image entry = 1, a tie from row block to column block
zeroblock: image entry = 0, no tie from row to column blocks
Because several actors may jointly occupy a position, the intrablock relations
in blockmodels and images have different implications than the self-ties in
actor-based matrices, which are usually ignored as undefined.
In a world trade blockmodel image, a main-diagonal entry shows whether
nations occupying that block exchange goods among themselves. An off-
diagonal entry shows the trade flows between the nations occupying different
structurally equivalent positions.
BUILDING BLOCKS
A blockmodel could be constructed theoretically, by an analyst imposing the
positions she believes to represent structurally equivalent blocks. For example, sort
the employees of different departments into separate blocks. Or apply a method,
such as CONCOR, to identify the s.e. positions from the empirical relations in the
data. In both approaches, the resulting blockmodel is a permuted and partitioned
matrix that locates the actors occupying a position in adjacent rows and columns.
Unfortunately, the positions in a blocked matrix rarely exhibit perfect (strict)
structural equivalence: a submatrix filled with either all 1s (“fat fit”) or all 0s (“lean
fit”), meaning that all block actors have identical relations, either with one another or
with every actor in another block. Blockmodels of real social data typically find
positions that contain mixtures of 1s and 0s. The analyst must then decide on some
criterion for assigning either 0 or 1 to each cell of the blockmodel image.
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2. For a binary network, most blockmodelers use an α density criterion to determine
the image matrix:
• If the intra- or interblock proportion of direct ties is above the α density,
recode that block = 1 in the image matrix.
• If the density of direct ties falls below the specified cutoff density, recode that
image block = 0.
For a network of valued relations, an analyst might recode the image according to
whether each block’s density is above or below the network mean density.
Suppose a 4x4 blocking finds these submatrix proportions, where the overall
mean network density = 0.30:
Block I Block II Block III Block IV
Block I 0.70 0.48 0.27 0.19
Block II 0.33 0.40 0.31 0.11
Block III 0.37 0.30 0.29 0.08
Block IV 0.32 0.29 0.02 0.12
Then using 0.30 as the α density criterion, the blockmodel image is:
1 1 0 0
1 1 1 0
1 1 0 0
1 0 0 0
The cells in red draw attention to three positions whose densities are just
above or just below the α cutoff. Increasing the α criterion (e.g., to 0.40) or
lowering it (e.g., to 0.20) would produce a much different blockmodel images
with fewer or more oneblocks, respectively.
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3. BLOCKMODELS & IMAGES of MULTIPLEX RELATIONS
A blockmodel that simultaneously blocks two or more relations by partitioning actors
into structurally equivalent positions may produce distinctive images for each
matrix. This example blocks two asymmetric networks -- money and information
exchange -- among 10 Indianapolis organizations (Knoke and Kuklinski 1982:44).
First, import both matrices into UCINET and create two transposes. Use
“Data/Join” to stack all four matrices into a single 40x10 data array. Next, use
“Tools/Similarities” to compute the matrix of correlations among pairs of
columns:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
County Counci Educat Indust Mayor WRO Newspa United Welfar Westen
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
1 County 1.000 0.142 0.150 0.451 0.278 0.105 0.298 0.257 0.341 0.107
2 Council 0.142 1.000 -0.061 0.142 0.404 0.350 0.297 0.143 0.142 0.207
3 Education 0.150 -0.061 1.000 0.043 -0.041 -0.102 0.316 0.375 0.471 0.171
4 Industry 0.451 0.142 0.043 1.000 0.383 0.105 0.298 0.150 0.341 0.358
5 Mayor 0.278 0.404 -0.041 0.383 1.000 0.317 0.323 -0.041 0.068 0.153
6 WRO 0.105 0.350 -0.102 0.105 0.317 1.000 -0.086 0.068 -0.070 0.419
7 Newspaper 0.298 0.297 0.316 0.298 0.323 -0.086 1.000 0.000 0.406 0.077
8 UnitedWay 0.257 0.143 0.375 0.150 -0.041 0.068 0.000 1.000 0.257 0.293
9 Welfare 0.341 0.142 0.471 0.341 0.068 -0.070 0.406 0.257 1.000 0.358
10 Westend 0.107 0.207 0.171 0.358 0.153 0.419 0.077 0.293 0.358 1.000
Then use CONCOR on the saved correlation matrix to find a 2-level partition
(4 blocks); answer “YES” to “input is corr mat”. Here’s the cluster diagram
showing which orgs belong to which block:
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4. Use “Transform/Block” to impose two separate blockmodels on the original
info and money matrices, according to the partition results above. Tell this
program which actors belong to which blocks by entering a sequence of
numbers, into the “Row partition/blocking (if any)” and “Column
partition/blocking” lines, that correspond to the block location of each actor.
Indianapolis orgs 1-10 must be sorted into these 4 blocks: 1 3 2 1 3 4 1 2 2 4
Imported from Money.txt
1
1 7 4 3 9 8 5 2 6 0
C N I E W U M C W W
---------------------------
1 County | | 1 1 1 | 1 | 1 |
7 Newspaper | | 1 | 1 | |
4 Industry | 1 | 1 1 1 | 1 | |
-----------------------------
3 Education | | 1 | | |
9 Welfare | | 1 1 | | |
8 UnitedWay | | 1 | | 1 |
-----------------------------
5 Mayor | | 1 1 1 | 1 | |
2 Council | | 1 | | |
-----------------------------
6 WRO | | | | |
10 Westend | | | | |
----------------------------
Reduced BlockMatrix
1 2 3 4
----- ----- ----- -----
1 0.167 0.778 0.500 0.167
2 0.000 0.667 0.000 0.167
3 0.000 0.667 0.500 0.000
4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Finally, if you save the Reduced BlockMatrix densities (by typing a name into
the “(Output) Reduced image dataset” line), you can then obtain its image
with the “Transform/Dichotomize” program. For “Cut-Off Operator” choose
“GE - Greater Than or Equal” and for “Cut-Off Value” set the α density
criterion at 0.50. The resulting money exchange image is:
Rule: y(i,j) = 1 if x(i,j) >= 0.50, and 0 otherwise.
Reduced BlockMatrix
1 2 3 4
- - - -
1 0 1 1 0
2 0 1 0 0
3 0 1 1 0
4 0 0 0 0
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5. The same procedures applied to the denser Indianapolis information matrix
yields different results, with four “fat fit” and two “lean fit” blocks:
Imported from Information.txt
1
1 7 4 3 9 8 5 2 6 0
C N I E W U M C W W
---------------------------
1 County | 1 | 1 | 1 1 | |
7 Newspaper | 1 | | 1 1 | |
4 Industry | 1 1 | | 1 1 | |
-----------------------------
3 Education | 1 1 | | 1 1 | 1 1 |
9 Welfare | 1 | | 1 1 | |
8 UnitedWay | 1 1 1 | 1 | 1 1 | |
-----------------------------
5 Mayor | 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 Council | 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 | 1 | |
-----------------------------
6 WRO | 1 | 1 1 | | |
10 Westend | 1 1 | 1 | 1 1 | |
----------------------------
Reduced BlockMatrix
1 2 3 4
----- ----- ----- -----
1 0.667 0.111 1.000 0.000
2 0.667 0.167 1.000 0.333
3 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.250
4 0.500 0.500 0.500 0.000
Rule: y(i,j) = 1 if x(i,j) >= 0.50, and 0 otherwise.
Reduced BlockMatrix
1 2 3 4
- - - -
1 1 0 1 0
2 1 0 1 0
3 1 1 1 0
4 1 1 1 0
Analogous methods apply to blockmodeling valued-relations networks, but might
use a maximum value, mean value, or some other cut-off criterion to recode
continuous scores into the 0-1 entries of an image (p. 406-8).
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6. Blockmodel Interpretation
Blockmodels are theoretical or empirical hypotheses about structural relations in a
network, which refer to positions not to individual actors. W&F discuss three ways
to interpret a blockmodel or its image:
• Validation using actor attributes: Look for common characteristics of
actors within a block that set them apart for other blocks. Does the position
comprise an implicit “type of actor” to which you could fix a meaningful label?
In international trade, are nations clustered by geography and/or level of
economic development?
One interpretation of the contrasting Indianapolis money & information
exchange blockmodels is that the positions are differentiated by the
organizations’ primary functions or goals. The main money recipient is
the service-provider position {Education, Welfare, United Way}, while
the main information targets are the elite position {County, Industry,
Newspaper} and city government position {Mayor, City Council}. The
neighborhood position {Welfare Rights Org and Westend} receives
neither money nor information from any position, although it claims to
send information to the other three.
• Describe individual positions: Examine the patterns of interblock relations
for clues about the social roles each position plays. Some blocks may be
generic types identified by their in- and outdegree ratios (isolates, receivers,
transmitters, and carriers/ordinaries), as well as by their within-block
connections (see typologies developed by Burt [1976], Richards [1989], and
Marsden [1989]). Other positions might be better described by interpreting
the substantive contents of their multiplex relations. The Indianapolis city
government position is both a money and information provider, while the
power elite block is mainly a money supplier.
• Image Matrices: By ignoring the individual actors and considering only the
entire configuration of ties among positions displayed in the images,
researchers may be able to distinguish some formal properties. White,
Boorman and Breiger (1976) described 10 distinct arrangements of 0s and 1s
for two-block images (W&F p. 421). Three-position images have 104 distinct
image matrices; W&F apply intriguing labels to several “ideal” images
(center-periphery, hierarchy, transitive).
No mechanical, fool-proof method exists for interpreting blockmodels and images.
As usual in network research, analysts must apply all their substantive knowledge
about the system to make imaginative and insightful interpretations.
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7. Blockmodel Interpretation
Blockmodels are theoretical or empirical hypotheses about structural relations in a
network, which refer to positions not to individual actors. W&F discuss three ways
to interpret a blockmodel or its image:
• Validation using actor attributes: Look for common characteristics of
actors within a block that set them apart for other blocks. Does the position
comprise an implicit “type of actor” to which you could fix a meaningful label?
In international trade, are nations clustered by geography and/or level of
economic development?
One interpretation of the contrasting Indianapolis money & information
exchange blockmodels is that the positions are differentiated by the
organizations’ primary functions or goals. The main money recipient is
the service-provider position {Education, Welfare, United Way}, while
the main information targets are the elite position {County, Industry,
Newspaper} and city government position {Mayor, City Council}. The
neighborhood position {Welfare Rights Org and Westend} receives
neither money nor information from any position, although it claims to
send information to the other three.
• Describe individual positions: Examine the patterns of interblock relations
for clues about the social roles each position plays. Some blocks may be
generic types identified by their in- and outdegree ratios (isolates, receivers,
transmitters, and carriers/ordinaries), as well as by their within-block
connections (see typologies developed by Burt [1976], Richards [1989], and
Marsden [1989]). Other positions might be better described by interpreting
the substantive contents of their multiplex relations. The Indianapolis city
government position is both a money and information provider, while the
power elite block is mainly a money supplier.
• Image Matrices: By ignoring the individual actors and considering only the
entire configuration of ties among positions displayed in the images,
researchers may be able to distinguish some formal properties. White,
Boorman and Breiger (1976) described 10 distinct arrangements of 0s and 1s
for two-block images (W&F p. 421). Three-position images have 104 distinct
image matrices; W&F apply intriguing labels to several “ideal” images
(center-periphery, hierarchy, transitive).
No mechanical, fool-proof method exists for interpreting blockmodels and images.
As usual in network research, analysts must apply all their substantive knowledge
about the system to make imaginative and insightful interpretations.
SOC8412 Social Network Analysis Fall 2008 6