A novel method for assessing and measuring homophily in networks through second-order statistics

Abstract We present a new method for assessing and measuring homophily in networks whose nodes have categorical attributes, namely when the nodes of networks come partitioned into classes (colors). We probe this method in two different classes of networks: (i) protein–protein interaction (PPI) netwo...

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Main Authors: Nicola Apollonio, Paolo G. Franciosa, Daniele Santoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12710-7