@inproceedings{65f69a2135c945b2bab3f9f6af85c0ca,
title = "Fast Algorithms for Intimate-Core Group Search in Weighted Graphs",
abstract = "Community search that finds query-dependent communities has been studied on various kinds of graphs. As one instance of community search, intimate-core group search over a weighted graph is to find a connected k-core containing all query nodes with the smallest group weight. However, existing state-of-the-art methods start from the maximal k-core to refine an answer, which is practically inefficient for large networks. In this paper, we develop an efficient framework, called local exploration k-core search (LEKS), to find intimate-core groups in graphs. We propose a small-weighted spanning tree to connect query nodes, and then expand the tree level by level to a connected k-core, which is finally refined as an intimate-core group. We also design a protection mechanism for critical nodes to avoid the collapsed k-core. Extensive experiments on real-life networks validate the effectiveness and efficiency of our methods.",
keywords = "Community search, Graph mining, K-core, Weighted graphs",
author = "Longxu Sun and Xin Huang and Li, {Rong Hua} and Jianliang Xu",
note = "Funding information: This work is supported by the NSFC Nos. 61702435, 61772346, U1809206, RGC Nos. 12200917, 12200817, and CRF C6030-18GF. Publisher copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019; 20th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2019 ; Conference date: 26-11-2019 Through 30-11-2019",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-34223-4_46",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030342227",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "728--744",
editor = "Reynold Cheng and Nikos Mamoulis and Yizhou Sun and Xin Huang",
booktitle = "Web Information Systems Engineering – WISE 2019 - 20th International Conference, Proceedings",
}