Thanks Tamas. Regarding the InfoMap algorithm. Does it include edge
direction in spite not being explicitly in the R code?

Thanks,

Tada


On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Tamás Nepusz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > Has it been implemented yet this algorithm for directed paths?
> No, mostly because there are several possible extensions of the modularity
> measure (that the leading eigenvector method tries to optimize) for
> directed graphs, and there is no consensus yet on which possible extension
> is the "best" and how the leading eigenvector method could be adapted for
> the "best" directed modularity measure.
>
> > I have a directed weighted network of 62 nodes and 130 arcs, and can't
> made
> > up my mind yet of what to use. The leading eigenvector seems nice, but
> > can't find how to actually run it.
> If you are looking for an algorithm that uses some kind of a modularity
> measure, this seems to be a neat one:
>
> http://stat.kaist.ac.kr/papers/2010_LinkRank.pdf
> (no implementation in igraph, although the authors might have published
> one)
>
> Otherwise, I would suggest the excellent InfoMap algorithm (see
> http://www.mapequation.org), which is not only implemented in igraph but
> it also has a theoretical foundation that handles directed links naturally.
>
> All the best,
> T.
>



-- 
*Tadaishi Yatabe*
DVM, MPVM, PhD (C)
Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance (CADMS)
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California Davis
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