"""Current-flow closeness centrality measures."""
import networkx as nx
from networkx.utils import not_implemented_for, reverse_cuthill_mckee_ordering
from networkx.algorithms.centrality.flow_matrix import (
CGInverseLaplacian,
FullInverseLaplacian,
SuperLUInverseLaplacian,
)
__all__ = ["current_flow_closeness_centrality", "information_centrality"]
[docs]@not_implemented_for("directed")
def current_flow_closeness_centrality(G, weight=None, dtype=float, solver="lu"):
"""Compute current-flow closeness centrality for nodes.
Current-flow closeness centrality is variant of closeness
centrality based on effective resistance between nodes in
a network. This metric is also known as information centrality.
Parameters
----------
G : graph
A NetworkX graph.
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.
The weight reflects the capacity or the strength of the
edge.
dtype: data type (default=float)
Default data type for internal matrices.
Set to np.float32 for lower memory consumption.
solver: string (default='lu')
Type of linear solver to use for computing the flow matrix.
Options are "full" (uses most memory), "lu" (recommended), and
"cg" (uses least memory).
Returns
-------
nodes : dictionary
Dictionary of nodes with current flow closeness centrality as the value.
See Also
--------
closeness_centrality
Notes
-----
The algorithm is from Brandes [1]_.
See also [2]_ for the original definition of information centrality.
References
----------
.. [1] Ulrik Brandes and Daniel Fleischer,
Centrality Measures Based on Current Flow.
Proc. 22nd Symp. Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS '05).
LNCS 3404, pp. 533-544. Springer-Verlag, 2005.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31856-9_44
.. [2] Karen Stephenson and Marvin Zelen:
Rethinking centrality: Methods and examples.
Social Networks 11(1):1-37, 1989.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8733(89)90016-6
"""
if not nx.is_connected(G):
raise nx.NetworkXError("Graph not connected.")
solvername = {
"full": FullInverseLaplacian,
"lu": SuperLUInverseLaplacian,
"cg": CGInverseLaplacian,
}
n = G.number_of_nodes()
ordering = list(reverse_cuthill_mckee_ordering(G))
# make a copy with integer labels according to rcm ordering
# this could be done without a copy if we really wanted to
H = nx.relabel_nodes(G, dict(zip(ordering, range(n))))
betweenness = dict.fromkeys(H, 0.0) # b[v]=0 for v in H
n = H.number_of_nodes()
L = nx.laplacian_matrix(H, nodelist=range(n), weight=weight).asformat("csc")
L = L.astype(dtype)
C2 = solvername[solver](L, width=1, dtype=dtype) # initialize solver
for v in H:
col = C2.get_row(v)
for w in H:
betweenness[v] += col[v] - 2 * col[w]
betweenness[w] += col[v]
for v in H:
betweenness[v] = 1.0 / (betweenness[v])
return {ordering[k]: float(v) for k, v in betweenness.items()}
information_centrality = current_flow_closeness_centrality