Hidden Groups in Networks: How One-Way Links Reveal Clusters
Everywhere we look, things connect: people, websites, even cells in a brain, and those ties form big networks that shape how stuff spreads.
Sometimes links go one way only, so the direction matters — that makes finding groups harder but also more telling.
Researchers try to find pockets where items stick together, the so-called communities, because those spots often tell a story about how things work or why they behave a certain way.
This work shows ways to spot those hidden groups using simple ideas, not magic; it compares many methods and what makes a group good or messy, and it points to places where this helps — from social apps to biology.
Results can help you understand why a page goes viral or why cells act alike.
The methods keep changing, and more tools are coming, so we will keep learning.
Small changes in approach often gives very different answers, so exploring is still needed, and exciting.
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Clustering and Community Detection in Directed Networks: A Survey
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