# katz_centrality_numpy¶

katz_centrality_numpy(G, alpha=0.1, beta=1.0, normalized=True, weight='weight')[source]

Compute the Katz centrality for the graph G.

Katz centrality computes the centrality for a node based on the centrality of its neighbors. It is a generalization of the eigenvector centrality. The Katz centrality for node is

where is the adjacency matrix of the graph G with eigenvalues .

The parameter controls the initial centrality and

Katz centrality computes the relative influence of a node within a network by measuring the number of the immediate neighbors (first degree nodes) and also all other nodes in the network that connect to the node under consideration through these immediate neighbors.

Extra weight can be provided to immediate neighbors through the parameter . Connections made with distant neighbors are, however, penalized by an attenuation factor which should be strictly less than the inverse largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix in order for the Katz centrality to be computed correctly. More information is provided in [1] .

Parameters: G (graph) – A NetworkX graph alpha (float) – Attenuation factor beta (scalar or dictionary, optional (default=1.0)) – Weight attributed to the immediate neighborhood. If not a scalar the dictionary must have an value for every node. normalized (bool) – If True normalize the resulting values. weight (None or string, optional) – If None, all edge weights are considered equal. Otherwise holds the name of the edge attribute used as weight. nodes – Dictionary of nodes with Katz centrality as the value. dictionary NetworkXError – If the parameter is not a scalar but lacks a value for at least one node

Examples

>>> import math
>>> G = nx.path_graph(4)
>>> phi = (1+math.sqrt(5))/2.0 # largest eigenvalue of adj matrix
>>> centrality = nx.katz_centrality_numpy(G,1/phi)
>>> for n,c in sorted(centrality.items()):
...    print("%d %0.2f"%(n,c))
0 0.37
1 0.60
2 0.60
3 0.37