Isolated nodes: how is the degree calculated?

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Ilaria asked 2 years ago

Hi,
I have a dataset with 6 entities, each entity has 20 attributes. I am investigating the cluster structure considering that the 6 entities shares some attributes. The clustering method that I am using is the Louvain resolution method.
There are 3 attributes that are shared by all the entities.  I expected these attributes to influence the cluster structure. But in the final cluster, these shared attributes are shown as isolated nodes. So characterized by a degree=0. Could you please explain how the degree is calculated in this case? 
Thank you.

1 Answers
Lionel Staff answered 2 years ago

Dear Ilaria,
Not sure to understand well what you are describing. Basically, you should have nodes (keywords, entities…) and edges (links between entities often based on a proximity measure).
Degree and consequently isolated nodes are directly affected by:

  1. The proximity measure used to build the edges
  2. The filters on edges used

I hope it helps!