Research Article

Performance Evaluation of Modularity Based Community Detection Algorithms in Large Scale Networks

Algorithm 3

Algorithm of Clauset, Newman, and Moore.
       Input: A network
       Output: A community structure
(1)   Calculate the initial values for   (10);
(2)  Calculate the initial modularity value ;
(3)  ;
(4)  repeat
(5)   Join the pair of communities and corresponding to the highest value of (): ;
(6)   Update matrix   (12);
(7)   ;
(8)   ;
(9)  until  ;