Correlation and autocorrelation of data on complex networks

Abstract Networks where each node has one or more associated numerical values are common in applications. This work studies how summary statistics used for the analysis of spatial data can be applied to non-spatial networks for the purposes of exploratory data analysis. We focus primarily on Moran-t...

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Main Author: Rudy Arthur
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00525-1
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description Abstract Networks where each node has one or more associated numerical values are common in applications. This work studies how summary statistics used for the analysis of spatial data can be applied to non-spatial networks for the purposes of exploratory data analysis. We focus primarily on Moran-type statistics and discuss measures of global autocorrelation, local autocorrelation and global correlation. We introduce null models based on fixing edges and permuting the data or fixing the data and permuting the edges. We demonstrate the use of these statistics on real and synthetic node-valued networks.
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spelling doaj-art-ffb18f34ea574b46a2a5980e9720b8ad2025-01-26T12:20:04ZengSpringerOpenEPJ Data Science2193-11272025-01-0114112010.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00525-1Correlation and autocorrelation of data on complex networksRudy Arthur0Department of Computer Science, University of ExeterAbstract Networks where each node has one or more associated numerical values are common in applications. This work studies how summary statistics used for the analysis of spatial data can be applied to non-spatial networks for the purposes of exploratory data analysis. We focus primarily on Moran-type statistics and discuss measures of global autocorrelation, local autocorrelation and global correlation. We introduce null models based on fixing edges and permuting the data or fixing the data and permuting the edges. We demonstrate the use of these statistics on real and synthetic node-valued networks.https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00525-1NetworksSpatial AnalysisCorrelationAutocorrelation
spellingShingle Rudy Arthur
Correlation and autocorrelation of data on complex networks
EPJ Data Science
Networks
Spatial Analysis
Correlation
Autocorrelation
title Correlation and autocorrelation of data on complex networks
title_full Correlation and autocorrelation of data on complex networks
title_fullStr Correlation and autocorrelation of data on complex networks
title_full_unstemmed Correlation and autocorrelation of data on complex networks
title_short Correlation and autocorrelation of data on complex networks
title_sort correlation and autocorrelation of data on complex networks
topic Networks
Spatial Analysis
Correlation
Autocorrelation
url https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00525-1
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