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CFP: Special session on Multiplex Network Mining@CASoN?2014
30 July, 1 August 2014, Porto Portugal

Abstract submission deadline     : 20 MAY 2014
Submission deadline (extended) : 31 May 2014
web site : http://lipn.fr/mnm14
submission site : https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cason2014
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Context
Complex networks used to model interactions in real-world phenomena are often heterogeneous network with d ifferent types of nodes and edges. Focusing on a single type of nodes, a complex network would be better described by a multiplex: a set of nodes related to each other with different types of relations. This representation is much richer than simple complex networks often used to model complex interaction systems. However, this poses the challenge to provide adequate answers to all basic network analysis tasks that have been studied and provided in the recent few years for the case of homogeneous networks. This include for instance: the problem of node ranking (computing nodes centralities), community detection, link prediction, information diffusion models and network visualization. Almost all work in the field of multiplex network analysis are based on transforming the problem, in a way or another to the classical case of homogeneous network analysis.
Existing approaches include: layer aggregation based approaches or applying ensemble methods on results obtained on eac h layer aside . Little work has focused on analyzing all layers at once. The goal of this session is to make the point on new approaches for multiplex network analysis and mining.

Topics

A non-exhaustive list of relevant topics include:

Models & measures for multiplex networks
      Centrality in multiplex networks
      Paths, clustering coefficient in multiplex networks
      Random walks on multiplex networks
      Co-evolution of layers in multiplex networks.
      Layer aggregation approaches.
      Vertex similarity in multiplex network