Determining community gatekeepers in networked systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9400986
APP PUB NO 20150134807A1
SERIAL NO

14076829

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Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for determining community gatekeepers in networked systems are provided herein. A method includes identifying a plurality of groups of nodes in a network system, wherein each of the plurality of groups of nodes includes a given node; measuring a marginal contribution made by the given node to a centrality metric associated with each of the identified plurality of groups of nodes in the network system; and deriving a centrality metric of the given node by averaging the marginal contribution made by the given node across each of the identified plurality of groups of nodes in the network system.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Narayanam, Ramasuri Bangalore, IN 71 148

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