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=== Method ===
=== Method ===
Starting with a state where each node is a singleton cluster, it greedily merges two clusters if the modularity score gets higher.
 
The Louvain clustering tries to optimize modularity in a greedy fashion.
 
The algorithm is:
# start with each node being a singleton cluster:
# consider nodes in random order
# repeat as long as cluster membership changes, consider nodes in a random order
#* for each node : remove it from its current cluster and add it to the cluster with the highest modularity gain
# aggregate the resulting clustering to a new graph and continue with step 1 (as long as modularity improves).
 


=== Complexity ===
=== Complexity ===

Revision as of 14:38, 2 April 2015

Louvain Clustering

Method

The Louvain clustering tries to optimize modularity in a greedy fashion.

The algorithm is:

  1. start with each node being a singleton cluster:
  2. consider nodes in random order
  3. repeat as long as cluster membership changes, consider nodes in a random order
    • for each node : remove it from its current cluster and add it to the cluster with the highest modularity gain
  4. aggregate the resulting clustering to a new graph and continue with step 1 (as long as modularity improves).


Complexity

The algorithms scales well for large graphs

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