Community Detection Based on the L_∞ convergence of eigenvectors in DCBM

06/16/2019
by   Yan Liu, et al.
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Spectral clustering is one of the most popular algorithms for community detection in network analysis. Based on this rationale, in this paper we give the convergence rate of eigenvectors for the adjacency matrix in the l_∞ norm, under the stochastic block model (BM) and degree corrected stochastic block model (DCBM), adding some mild and rational conditions. We also extend this result to a more general model, presented based on the DCBM such that the value of random variables in the adjacency matrix is not 0 or 1, but an arbitrary real number. During the process of proving the above conclusion, we obtain the relationship of the eigenvalues in the adjacency matrix and the corresponding `population' matrix, which vary in dimension from the community-wise edge probability matrix. Using that result, we can give an estimate of the number of the communities in a known set of network data. Meanwhile we proved the consistency of the estimator. Furthermore, according to the derivation of proof for the convergence of eigenvectors, we propose a new approach to community detection -- Spectral Clustering based on Difference of Ratios of Eigenvectors (SCDRE). Our simulation experiments demonstrate the superiority of our method in community detection.

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