scientific communities found based on the path structure of citation network科学界发现基于引文网络的路径结构.pdf

International Journal of Intelligence Science, 2012, 2, 16-21 / 10.4236/ijis.2012.21003 Published Online January 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ijis) Scientific Communities Found Based on the Path Structure of Citation Network Xiao Xiao1,2, Song Cao1,2, Lan Huang1,2*, Yutian Tang1,2 1College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun, China 2Key Laboratory of Symbolic Computation and Knowledge Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun, China * Email: huanglan@ Received November 12, 2011; revised December 5, 2011; December 15, 2011 ABSTRACT Based on the structure of citation network, the citation paths among papers, and the association strength such as cou- pling, co-citation and etc. between two papers are defined in this article. We give formulas to quantify the association strength in order to establish citation network model based on the citation path structure. Then, the OPTICS algorithm is brought into the scientific communities found model since it can solve the parameter’s setting problem. This method combines various kinds of path structures together and thus it contains more complete citation network information. Experiments and analysis reveal the reliability and validity of this method. Keywords: Citation Network; Scientific Communities Found; OPTICS Algorithm; Citation Path 1. Introduction This article defines the association strength between authors and the association strength between papers. The Many research