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Source code for networkx.algorithms.centrality.eigenvector

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#    Copyright (C) 2004-2018 by
#    Aric Hagberg <hagberg@lanl.gov>
#    Dan Schult <dschult@colgate.edu>
#    Pieter Swart <swart@lanl.gov>
#    All rights reserved.
#    BSD license.
#
# Authors:
#     Aric Hagberg <aric.hagberg@gmail.com>
#     Pieter Swart <swart@lanl.gov>
#     Sasha Gutfraind <ag362@cornell.edu>
"""Functions for computing eigenvector centrality."""
from __future__ import division

from math import sqrt

import networkx as nx
from networkx.utils import not_implemented_for

__all__ = ['eigenvector_centrality', 'eigenvector_centrality_numpy']


[docs]@not_implemented_for('multigraph') def eigenvector_centrality(G, max_iter=100, tol=1.0e-6, nstart=None, weight=None): r"""Compute the eigenvector centrality for the graph `G`. Eigenvector centrality computes the centrality for a node based on the centrality of its neighbors. The eigenvector centrality for node $i$ is the $i$-th element of the vector $x$ defined by the equation .. math:: Ax = \lambda x where $A$ is the adjacency matrix of the graph `G` with eigenvalue $\lambda$. By virtue of the Perron–Frobenius theorem, there is a unique solution $x$, all of whose entries are positive, if $\lambda$ is the largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix $A$ ([2]_). Parameters ---------- G : graph A networkx graph max_iter : integer, optional (default=100) Maximum number of iterations in power method. tol : float, optional (default=1.0e-6) Error tolerance used to check convergence in power method iteration. nstart : dictionary, optional (default=None) Starting value of eigenvector iteration for each node. weight : None or string, optional (default=None) If None, all edge weights are considered equal. Otherwise holds the name of the edge attribute used as weight. Returns ------- nodes : dictionary Dictionary of nodes with eigenvector centrality as the value. Examples -------- >>> G = nx.path_graph(4) >>> centrality = nx.eigenvector_centrality(G) >>> sorted((v, '{:0.2f}'.format(c)) for v, c in centrality.items()) [(0, '0.37'), (1, '0.60'), (2, '0.60'), (3, '0.37')] Raises ------ NetworkXPointlessConcept If the graph `G` is the null graph. NetworkXError If each value in `nstart` is zero. PowerIterationFailedConvergence If the algorithm fails to converge to the specified tolerance within the specified number of iterations of the power iteration method. See Also -------- eigenvector_centrality_numpy pagerank hits Notes ----- The measure was introduced by [1]_ and is discussed in [2]_. The power iteration method is used to compute the eigenvector and convergence is **not** guaranteed. Our method stops after ``max_iter`` iterations or when the change in the computed vector between two iterations is smaller than an error tolerance of ``G.number_of_nodes() * tol``. This implementation uses ($A + I$) rather than the adjacency matrix $A$ because it shifts the spectrum to enable discerning the correct eigenvector even for networks with multiple dominant eigenvalues. For directed graphs this is "left" eigenvector centrality which corresponds to the in-edges in the graph. For out-edges eigenvector centrality first reverse the graph with ``G.reverse()``. References ---------- .. [1] Phillip Bonacich. "Power and Centrality: A Family of Measures." *American Journal of Sociology* 92(5):1170–1182, 1986 <http://www.leonidzhukov.net/hse/2014/socialnetworks/papers/Bonacich-Centrality.pdf> .. [2] Mark E. J. Newman. *Networks: An Introduction.* Oxford University Press, USA, 2010, pp. 169. """ if len(G) == 0: raise nx.NetworkXPointlessConcept('cannot compute centrality for the' ' null graph') # If no initial vector is provided, start with the all-ones vector. if nstart is None: nstart = {v: 1 for v in G} if all(v == 0 for v in nstart.values()): raise nx.NetworkXError('initial vector cannot have all zero values') # Normalize the initial vector so that each entry is in [0, 1]. This is # guaranteed to never have a divide-by-zero error by the previous line. x = {k: v / sum(nstart.values()) for k, v in nstart.items()} nnodes = G.number_of_nodes() # make up to max_iter iterations for i in range(max_iter): xlast = x x = xlast.copy() # Start with xlast times I to iterate with (A+I) # do the multiplication y^T = x^T A (left eigenvector) for n in x: for nbr in G[n]: x[nbr] += xlast[n] * G[n][nbr].get(weight, 1) # Normalize the vector. The normalization denominator `norm` # should never be zero by the Perron--Frobenius # theorem. However, in case it is due to numerical error, we # assume the norm to be one instead. norm = sqrt(sum(z ** 2 for z in x.values())) or 1 x = {k: v / norm for k, v in x.items()} # Check for convergence (in the L_1 norm). if sum(abs(x[n] - xlast[n]) for n in x) < nnodes * tol: return x raise nx.PowerIterationFailedConvergence(max_iter)
[docs]def eigenvector_centrality_numpy(G, weight=None, max_iter=50, tol=0): r"""Compute the eigenvector centrality for the graph G. Eigenvector centrality computes the centrality for a node based on the centrality of its neighbors. The eigenvector centrality for node $i$ is .. math:: Ax = \lambda x where $A$ is the adjacency matrix of the graph G with eigenvalue $\lambda$. By virtue of the Perron–Frobenius theorem, there is a unique and positive solution if $\lambda$ is the largest eigenvalue associated with the eigenvector of the adjacency matrix $A$ ([2]_). Parameters ---------- G : graph A networkx graph weight : None or string, optional (default=None) The name of the edge attribute used as weight. If None, all edge weights are considered equal. max_iter : integer, optional (default=100) Maximum number of iterations in power method. tol : float, optional (default=1.0e-6) Relative accuracy for eigenvalues (stopping criterion). The default value of 0 implies machine precision. Returns ------- nodes : dictionary Dictionary of nodes with eigenvector centrality as the value. Examples -------- >>> G = nx.path_graph(4) >>> centrality = nx.eigenvector_centrality_numpy(G) >>> print(['{} {:0.2f}'.format(node, centrality[node]) for node in centrality]) ['0 0.37', '1 0.60', '2 0.60', '3 0.37'] See Also -------- eigenvector_centrality pagerank hits Notes ----- The measure was introduced by [1]_. This algorithm uses the SciPy sparse eigenvalue solver (ARPACK) to find the largest eigenvalue/eigenvector pair. For directed graphs this is "left" eigenvector centrality which corresponds to the in-edges in the graph. For out-edges eigenvector centrality first reverse the graph with ``G.reverse()``. Raises ------ NetworkXPointlessConcept If the graph ``G`` is the null graph. References ---------- .. [1] Phillip Bonacich: Power and Centrality: A Family of Measures. American Journal of Sociology 92(5):1170–1182, 1986 http://www.leonidzhukov.net/hse/2014/socialnetworks/papers/Bonacich-Centrality.pdf .. [2] Mark E. J. Newman: Networks: An Introduction. Oxford University Press, USA, 2010, pp. 169. """ import scipy as sp from scipy.sparse import linalg if len(G) == 0: raise nx.NetworkXPointlessConcept('cannot compute centrality for the' ' null graph') M = nx.to_scipy_sparse_matrix(G, nodelist=list(G), weight=weight, dtype=float) eigenvalue, eigenvector = linalg.eigs(M.T, k=1, which='LR', maxiter=max_iter, tol=tol) largest = eigenvector.flatten().real norm = sp.sign(largest.sum()) * sp.linalg.norm(largest) return dict(zip(G, largest / norm))
# fixture for nose tests def setup_module(module): from nose import SkipTest try: import scipy except: raise SkipTest("SciPy not available")