Nature-inspired optimization algorithms for community detection in complex networks: a review and future trends

Dhuha Abdulhadi Abduljabbar (), Siti Zaiton Mohd Hashim () and Roselina Sallehuddin ()
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Dhuha Abdulhadi Abduljabbar: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Siti Zaiton Mohd Hashim: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Roselina Sallehuddin: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

Telecommunication Systems: Modelling, Analysis, Design and Management, 2020, vol. 74, issue 2, No 8, 225-252

Abstract: Abstract Over the past couple of decades, the research area of network community detection has seen substantial growth in popularity, leading to a wide range of researches in the literature. Nature-inspired optimization algorithms (NIAs) have given a significant contribution to solving the community detection problem by transcending the limitations of other techniques. However, due to the importance of the topic and its prominence in many applications, the information on it is scattered in various journals, conference proceedings, and patents, and lacked a focused-literature that synthesizes them in a single document. This review aims to provide an overview of the NIAs and their role in solving community detection problems. To achieve this goal, a systematic study is performed on NIAs, followed by historical and statistical analysis of the researches involved. This would lead to the identification of future trends, as well as the discovery of related research challenges. This review provides a guide for researchers to identify new areas of research, as well as directing their future interest towards developing more effective frameworks in the context of nature-inspired community detection algorithms.

Keywords: Community detection; Metaheuristic; Nature-inspired optimization algorithms; Complex networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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