Efficient identification of node importance in social networks

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Highlights：

• Based on the theories of comprehensive decision-making, a multiattribute ranking method is presented.

• The proposed method is superior to other methods through contrast experiments.

• The theories of comprehensive decision-making are utilized to detect important nodes in social networks.

• This method can be used in different types and different scales of networks.

摘要

•Based on the theories of comprehensive decision-making, a multiattribute ranking method is presented.•The proposed method is superior to other methods through contrast experiments.•The theories of comprehensive decision-making are utilized to detect important nodes in social networks.•This method can be used in different types and different scales of networks.

论文关键词：Social networks,Node importance,Comprehensive decision analysis method

论文评审过程：Received 6 December 2015, Revised 22 March 2016, Accepted 3 April 2016, Available online 14 April 2016, Version of Record 22 July 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2016.04.001