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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2017

ATria: a novel centrality algorithm applied to biological networks.

Trevor Cickovski, Eli Peake, Vanessa Aguiar-Pulido, Giri Narasimhan

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Trevor CickovskiBioinformatics Research Group (BioRG) & Biomolecular Sciences Institute, School of Computing & Information Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, 33196, FL, USA. tcickovs@fiu.edu.
Eli PeakeDepartment of Computer Science, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, 33711, FL, USA.
Vanessa Aguiar-PulidoBioinformatics Research Group (BioRG) & Biomolecular Sciences Institute, School of Computing & Information Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, 33196, FL, USA.
Giri NarasimhanBioinformatics Research Group (BioRG) & Biomolecular Sciences Institute, School of Computing & Information Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, 33196, FL, USA.

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Abstract

backgroundThe notion of centrality is used to identify "important" nodes in social networks. Importance of nodes is not well-defined, and many different notions exist in the literature. The challenge of defining centrality in meaningful ways when network edges can be positively or negatively weighted has not been adequately addressed in the literature. Existing centrality algorithms also have a second shortcoming, i.e., the list of the most central nodes are often clustered in a specific region of the network and are not well represented across the network.

methodsWe address both by proposing Ablatio Triadum (ATria), an iterative centrality algorithm that uses the concept of "payoffs" from economic theory.

resultsWe compare our algorithm with other known centrality algorithms and demonstrate how ATria overcomes several of their shortcomings. We demonstrate the applicability of our algorithm to synthetic networks as well as biological networks including bacterial co-occurrence networks, sometimes referred to as microbial social networks.

conclusionsWe show evidence that ATria identifies three different kinds of "important" nodes in microbial social networks with different potential roles in the community.

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AlgorithmsModels, BiologicalBacterial Physiological PhenomenaComputational BiologySoftwareBiological networkCentralityEconomic payoffMicrobial social network

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