SuperNode

Reduce the size of your network from N nodes to S super nodes

Overview :

-The objective of this code is to convert your network of N nodes to a network of S super nodes

-You will input your network (as an igraph graph object)

-You get out 1) Node to super node assignments and 2) the new super node network

-This is the work described in https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.04110

Contact:

-For issues, please contact Natalie Stanley, NatalieStanley1318@gmail.com

Practical Info: -This code was tested using R version 3.4.3

-You will need to install igraph if you have not already

Examples

Main Function SuperNode.R is the main function

-Inputs:

-Network: Your igraph network object

-S: the number of super nodes you wish to turn your network into

-Outputs:

-You will get out a list object with the following two entries

- $SNAssn: The N-length node to super node assignment vector

- $SNNet : The S-node super node network (again, an igraph object).

-To use:

source('SuperNode.R')
Out=SuperNode(MyNetwork,NumberOfSuperNodes)

Demo Function: -Please feel free to try this on a sample network.

-This script loads the network and represents it with 500 super nodes.

-It then plots the network with nodes colored by super nodes

-It also plots the super node network.

-To use:

source('Demo.R')