Maximization of the entropy rate is an important issue to design diffusion processes aiming at a well-mixed state. We demonstrate that it is possible to construct maximal-entropy random walks with only local information on the graph structure. In particular, we show that an almost maximal-entropy random walk is obtained when the step probabilities are proportional to a power of the degree of the target node, with an exponent a that depends on the degree-degree correlations and is equal to 1 in uncorrelated graphs. RI Gomez-Gardenes, Jesus/A-3226-2009; Lambiotte, Renaud/C-1085-2009; Sinatra, Roberta/G-9836-2012

Maximal-entropy random walks in complex networks with limited information

LATORA, Vito Claudio
2011-01-01

Abstract

Maximization of the entropy rate is an important issue to design diffusion processes aiming at a well-mixed state. We demonstrate that it is possible to construct maximal-entropy random walks with only local information on the graph structure. In particular, we show that an almost maximal-entropy random walk is obtained when the step probabilities are proportional to a power of the degree of the target node, with an exponent a that depends on the degree-degree correlations and is equal to 1 in uncorrelated graphs. RI Gomez-Gardenes, Jesus/A-3226-2009; Lambiotte, Renaud/C-1085-2009; Sinatra, Roberta/G-9836-2012
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