{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2573735949","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2016.2618795","title":"$\\mathsf {pSCAN}$ : Fast and Exact Structural Graph Clustering","display_name":"$\\mathsf {pSCAN}$ : Fast and Exact Structural Graph Clustering","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-01-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2573735949","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2016.2618795","mag":"2573735949"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tkde.2016.2618795","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2016.2618795","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S30698027","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering","issn_l":"1041-4347","issn":["1041-4347","1558-2191","2326-3865"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037530341","display_name":"Lijun Chang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6830-3900"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I31746571","display_name":"UNSW Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/03r8z3t63","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I31746571"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Lijun Chang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I31746571"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100318172","display_name":"Wei Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3786-4959"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I31746571","display_name":"UNSW Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/03r8z3t63","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I31746571"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wei Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I31746571"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046220908","display_name":"Lu Qin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6068-5062"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I114017466","display_name":"University of Technology Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/03f0f6041","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I114017466"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lu Qin","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I114017466"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100385498","display_name":"Wenjie Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6572-2600"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I31746571","display_name":"UNSW Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/03r8z3t63","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I31746571"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Wenjie Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I31746571"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101688821","display_name":"Shiyu Yang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3989-7404"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I31746571","display_name":"UNSW Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/03r8z3t63","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I31746571"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shiyu Yang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I31746571"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5037530341"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I31746571"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.9861,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":58,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93993978,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":97,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"29","issue":"2","first_page":"387","last_page":"401"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10064","display_name":"Complex Network Analysis Techniques","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10064","display_name":"Complex Network Analysis Techniques","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10637","display_name":"Advanced Clustering Algorithms Research","score":0.995199978351593,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11273","display_name":"Advanced Graph Neural Networks","score":0.9926000237464905,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.681490421295166},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cluster-analysis","display_name":"Cluster analysis","score":0.6633955836296082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/jaccard-index","display_name":"Jaccard index","score":0.541808009147644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/graph","display_name":"Graph","score":0.46354955434799194},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theoretical-computer-science","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","score":0.4459798038005829},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scalability","display_name":"Scalability","score":0.4123251736164093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/combinatorics","display_name":"Combinatorics","score":0.3238855004310608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.2441609501838684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.1522083878517151}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.681490421295166},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73555534","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622825","display_name":"Cluster analysis","level":2,"score":0.6633955836296082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C203519979","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q865360","display_name":"Jaccard index","level":3,"score":0.541808009147644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132525143","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141488","display_name":"Graph","level":2,"score":0.46354955434799194},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.4459798038005829},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48044578","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727490","display_name":"Scalability","level":2,"score":0.4123251736164093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114614502","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76592","display_name":"Combinatorics","level":1,"score":0.3238855004310608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.2441609501838684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.1522083878517151},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tkde.2016.2618795","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2016.2618795","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S30698027","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering","issn_l":"1041-4347","issn":["1041-4347","1558-2191","2326-3865"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320439","host_organization_name":"IEEE Computer Society","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320439","https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["IEEE Computer Society","Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2155887085","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DP150102728","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338275","funder_display_name":"Division of Arctic Sciences"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2769127785","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DE140100999","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338275","funder_display_name":"Division of Arctic Sciences"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3471497417","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DE150100563","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338275","funder_display_name":"Division of Arctic Sciences"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3811631408","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DP160101513","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338275","funder_display_name":"Division of Arctic Sciences"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8373397426","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DP150103071","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338275","funder_display_name":"Division of Arctic Sciences"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338275","display_name":"Division of Arctic Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/02trddg58"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":44,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W122652761","https://openalex.org/W1566772816","https://openalex.org/W1574303240","https://openalex.org/W1673310716","https://openalex.org/W1967006938","https://openalex.org/W1974874717","https://openalex.org/W1976348821","https://openalex.org/W1984903982","https://openalex.org/W1998067572","https://openalex.org/W2007954020","https://openalex.org/W2013414394","https://openalex.org/W2027264060","https://openalex.org/W2035916238","https://openalex.org/W2037487875","https://openalex.org/W2047940964","https://openalex.org/W2055245094","https://openalex.org/W2069153192","https://openalex.org/W2070593017","https://openalex.org/W2086254934","https://openalex.org/W2095072199","https://openalex.org/W2097452216","https://openalex.org/W2107308132","https://openalex.org/W2112090702","https://openalex.org/W2115155307","https://openalex.org/W2116864606","https://openalex.org/W2117831564","https://openalex.org/W2119995149","https://openalex.org/W2125895010","https://openalex.org/W2127048411","https://openalex.org/W2134008243","https://openalex.org/W2134737843","https://openalex.org/W2140445565","https://openalex.org/W2142599626","https://openalex.org/W2144543704","https://openalex.org/W2160313295","https://openalex.org/W2243560673","https://openalex.org/W2436321460","https://openalex.org/W2562836854","https://openalex.org/W2586392344","https://openalex.org/W2752885492","https://openalex.org/W3145128584","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W6637131181","https://openalex.org/W6679023746"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4254879869","https://openalex.org/W3022576529","https://openalex.org/W2628526247","https://openalex.org/W2596401011","https://openalex.org/W2913569734","https://openalex.org/W4401519790","https://openalex.org/W2702570413","https://openalex.org/W3127229356","https://openalex.org/W2901284887","https://openalex.org/W2294604808"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0],"study":[1],"the":[2,34,48,91,96,118,122,143,146,173,187,200],"problem":[3,10],"of":[4,36,98,175],"structural":[5,22,76,99],"graph":[6,15,23,77,148,189],"clustering,":[7],"a":[8,70,87],"fundamental":[9],"in":[11,47,59],"managing":[12],"and":[13,31,39,102,126,128,151,169,179],"analyzing":[14],"data.":[16],"Given":[17],"an":[18],"undirected":[19],"unweighted":[20],"graph,":[21],"clustering":[24,78],"is":[25,133],"to":[26,29,32,54,94,106,157],"assign":[27],"vertices":[28,38,41,46,58,112],"clusters,":[30],"identify":[33],"sets":[35],"hub":[37],"outlier":[40],"as":[42,121],"well,":[43],"such":[44],"that":[45,131],"same":[49,119],"cluster":[50,182],"are":[51,62,113],"densely":[52],"connected":[53],"each":[55],"other":[56,158],"while":[57,199],"different":[60],"clusters":[61,120,144],"loosely":[63],"connected.":[64],"In":[65],"this":[66],"paper,":[67],"we":[68,85,129,137,152],"develop":[69],"new":[71,177],"two-step":[72],"paradigm":[73],"for":[74,141,186],"scalable":[75],"based":[79],"on":[80,166],"our":[81,155,176,180,194],"three":[82],"observations.":[83],"Then,":[84],"present":[86],"pSCAN":[88,115,132],"approach,":[89],"within":[90],"paradigm,":[92],"aiming":[93],"reduce":[95],"number":[97],"similarity":[100,159],"computations,":[101],"propose":[103,138],"optimization":[104],"techniques":[105,140,156],"speed":[107],"up":[108],"checking":[109],"whether":[110],"two":[111],"structure-similar.":[114],"outputs":[116],"exactly":[117],"existing":[123],"approaches":[124],"SCAN":[125],"SCAN++,":[127],"prove":[130],"worst-case":[134],"optimal.":[135],"Moreover,":[136],"efficient":[139],"updating":[142],"when":[145],"input":[147],"dynamically":[149],"changes,":[150],"also":[153],"extend":[154],"measures,":[160],"e.g.,":[161],"Jaccard":[162],"similarity.":[163],"Performance":[164],"studies":[165],"large":[167],"real":[168],"synthetic":[170],"graphs":[171],"demonstrate":[172],"efficiency":[174],"approach":[178,195,202],"dynamic":[181],"maintenance":[183],"techniques.":[184],"Noticeably,":[185],"twitter":[188],"with":[190],"1":[191],"billion":[192],"edges,":[193],"takes":[196],"25":[197],"minutes":[198],"state-of-the-art":[201],"cannot":[203],"finish":[204],"even":[205],"after":[206],"24":[207],"hours.":[208]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6}],"updated_date":"2026-04-09T08:11:56.329763","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}