Structure of Core-Periphery Communities

TL;DR

This paper uses a game-theoretic approach to better understand the detailed structure of core-periphery communities in social networks, focusing on connectivity and interaction patterns.

Contribution

It introduces a novel game-theoretic framework to characterize the connectivity and interaction structure within core-periphery communities.

Findings

Provides a detailed structural characterization of core-periphery communities

Highlights the role of interaction rates in community structure

Offers insights into connectivity patterns within social network communities

Abstract

It has been experimentally shown that communities in social networks tend to have a core-periphery topology. However, there is still a limited understanding of the precise structure of core-periphery communities in social networks including the connectivity structure and interaction rates between agents. In this paper, we use a game-theoretic approach to derive a more precise characterization of the structure of core-periphery communities.