CENTRALITY IN VALUED GRAPHS - A MEASURE OF BETWEENNESS BASED ON NETWORK FLOW

被引:638
作者
FREEMAN, LC [1 ]
BORGATTI, SP [1 ]
WHITE, DR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV S CAROLINA, DEPT SOCIOL, COLUMBIA, SC 29208 USA
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10.1016/0378-8733(91)90017-N
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Q98 [人类学];
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030303 ;
摘要
A new measure of centrality, CF, is introduced. It is based on the concept of network flows. While conceptually similar to Freeman's original measure, CB, the new measure differs from the original in two important ways. First, CF is defined for both valued and non-valued graphs. This makes CF applicable to a wider variety of network datasets. Second, the computation of CF is not based on geodesic paths as is CB but on all the independent paths between all pairs of points in the network. © 1991.
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