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Collective Classification in Network Data

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Sen, Prithviraj, Namata, Galileo, Bilgic, Mustafa, Getoor, Lise, Gallagher, Brian, Eliassi‐Rad, Tina·2008·AI Magazine

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Many real‐world applications produce networked data such as the worldwide web (hypertext documents connected through hyperlinks), social networks (such as people connected by friendship links), communication networks (computers connected through communication links), and biological networks (such as protein interaction networks). A recent focus in machine‐learning research has been to extend traditional machine‐learning classification techniques to classify nodes in such networks. In this article, we provide a brief introduction to this area of research and how it has progressed during the past decade. We introduce four of the most widely used inference algorithms for classifying networked data and empirically compare them on both synthetic and real‐world data.

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Authors
Sen, P., Namata, G., Bilgic, M., Getoor, L., Gallagher, B., & Eliassi‐Rad, T.
Affiliations
University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Venue
AI Magazine
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2008-09
Volume
29
Issue
3
Pages
93-106
ISSN
  • 0738-4602 (ISSN-L)
  • 2371-9621
OpenAlex
W2153959628
Cited by
3,293
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 186 · 2025: 416 · 2024: 409 · 2023: 393 · 2022: 346 · 2021: 437 · 2020: 325 · 2019: 205 · 2018: 100 · 2017: 69 · 2016: 52 · 2015: 67 · 2014: 62 · 2013: 59 · 2012: 50
FWCI
29.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • AI Magazine (publishedVersion)
  • University Libraries (University of Maryland) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (0308030)
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DE‐AC52‐07NA27344)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Advanced Graph Neural Networks
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning and Algorithms
Keywords
collective classification, network data, node classification, inference algorithms, social networks, biological networks, communication networks, protein-protein interaction network, algorithm comparison

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