用network來整合生物醫學資料並且使用它來探勘知識是一個非常好的方法,且network的建構具有高度的自由度和知識領域特異性,實際上,有一些拓墣學上的指標可以用來描述特定節點的重要性,這邊介紹11種可以用來描繪節點之於整個網絡關係的算法指標:
Local-based methoed
Local-based的方法一次只考慮單一個節點和他周遭的關係
Degree
最基礎的指標,單個節點的連接數
Jeong H, Mason SP, Barabasi AL, Oltvai ZN: Lethality and centrality in protein networks. Nature. 2001, 411: 41-42. 10.1038/35075138.
Maximum Neighborhood Component
Density of Maximum Neighborhood Component
Lin CY, Chin CH, Wu HH, Chen SH, Ho CW, Ko MT: Hubba: hub objects analyzer–a framework of interactome hubs identification for network biology. Nucleic Acids Res. 2008, 36: W438-443. 10.1093/nar/gkn257.
Maximal Clique Centrality (proposed in this paper)
Przulj N, Wigle DA, Jurisica I: Functional topology in a network of protein interactions. Bioinformatics. 2004, 20: 340-348. 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg415.
Global-based methods
這邊主要是six node ranking method的實現,細節可以閱讀shortest path algorithm和它的generalized form k shortest path algorithm。
Closeness
Sabidussi G: The centrality index of a graph. Psychometrika. 1966, 31: 581-603. 10.1007/BF02289527.
EcCentricity
Hage P, Harary F: Eccentricity and centrality in networks. Social Networks. 1995, 17: 57-63. 10.1016/0378-8733(94)00248-9.
Radiality
Valente TW, Foreman RK: Integration and radiality: Measuring the extent of an individual’s connectedness and reachability in a network. Social Networks. 1998, 20: 89-105. 10.1016/S0378-8733(97)00007-5
BottleNeck(BN)
Stress
Shimbel A: Structural parameters of communication networks. The bulletin of mathematical biophysics. 1953, 15: 501-507. 10.1007/BF02476438.
Betweenness
Freeman L: A Set of Measures of Centrality Based on Betweenness. Sociometry. 1977, 40: 35-41. 10.2307/3033543.
Edge Percolated Component
Chin CS, Samanta MP: Global snapshot of a protein interaction network-a percolation based approach. Bioinformatics. 2003, 19: 2413-2419. 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg339.