A history of graph entropy measures

  • Authors:
  • Matthias Dehmer;Abbe Mowshowitz

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute for Bioinformatics and Translational Research, UMIT, Eduard Wallnoefer Zentrum 1, A-6060, Hall in Tyrol, Austria and Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, Vienna University of ...;Department of Computer Science, The City College of New York (CUNY), 138th Street at Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA

  • Venue:
  • Information Sciences: an International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

This survey seeks to describe methods for measuring the entropy of graphs and to demonstrate the wide applicability of entropy measures. Setting the scene with a review of classical measures for determining the structural information content of graphs, we discuss graph entropy measures which play an important role in a variety of problem areas, including biology, chemistry, and sociology. In addition, we examine relationships between selected entropy measures, illustrating differences quantitatively with concrete examples.