Research Article

Communities Detection in Multiplex Networks Using Optimization: Study Case—Employment in Mexico during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Table 2

Related work about community detection.

Authors and yearApproachMain findings

Li et al. (2019) [17]Page rank centrality-basedThis work shows that the proposed methodology improves the accuracy and efficiency of seed-expansion community detection methods
Gao et al. (2021) [18]Page rank centrality-basedThe authors propose a constrained personalized PageRank algorithm for detecting overlapping communities, which involves assigning each node a probability distribution over the communities and updating the distribution through iterations
Huang et al. (2022) [19]Leader rank centrality-basedThe authors also compare the results of their method with those of other centrality measures, such as degree centrality and eigenvector centrality, and find that their method outperforms these traditional measures in identifying influential nodes
Kiruthika et al. (2022) [20]Eccentricity centrality-basedThe authors describe that the performance of the algorithms varies depending on the characteristics of the network and that no single algorithm is universally best
Yang et al. (2018) [21]Maximizing influence of nearby nodesDevelopment of a more efficient algorithm for community detection
Ma et al. (2019) [22]Identification of cliquesThis approach allows the identification of nodes that overlap in multiple communities
Zhang et al. (2021) [23]Multiobjective optimizationDevelopment of an efficient method for finding sets of nodes that form communities in large bipartite graphs, where each node has multiple attributes
Wang et al. (2021) [24]Identification of dense subgraphsDevelopment of a new algorithm for community detection in large-scale networks
El Kouni (2020) [25]Node importanceThis work suggests that incorporating node importance measures into the labeling process can significantly improve the performance of label propagation-based algorithms for overlapping community detection in complex networks
Hesamipour et al. (2022) [26]Multiobjective optimization on the basis of modularity, heterogeneity, and minimization of communitiesThe findings of this work have important implications for improving the accuracy and efficiency of community detection algorithms, particularly in cases where the network is large and complex
Yang et al. (2022) [27]Multiobjective optimization on the basis of network structureThis work suggests that incorporating node classification information into community detection algorithms can significantly improve their performance and that MOEAs can be a useful approach for tackling the challenges of community detection in complex networks
Su et al. (2022) [28]Convolutional neural networksThe main findings of the survey suggest that deep learning-based approaches have the potential to significantly improve community detection performance, but there are still much research studies to be conducted to fully realize this potential
Choong et al. (2020) [29]Deep learning and multiobjective optimizationThe authors suggest that the proposed dual optimization strategy for VGAE can significantly improve community detection performance and potentially be a useful approach to identifying communities