Université de Fribourg

Structure comparison of binary and weighted niche-overlap graphs

Sokhn, Nayla ; Baltensperger, Richard ; Bersier, Louis-Félix ; Ultes-Nitsche, Ulrich ; Hennebert, Jean

In: Complex Networks, 2014, vol. 5, p. 119–127

In ecological networks, niche-overlap graphs are considered as complex systems. They represent the competition between two predators that share common resources. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the structural properties of these graphs considered as weighted networks and compare their measures with the ones calculated for the binary networks. To conduct this study, we select four...

Université de Fribourg

Structural network properties of niche-overlap graphs

Sokhn, Nayla ; Baltensperger, Richard ; Bersier, Louis-Félix ; Nitsche, Ulrich-Ultes ; Hennebert, Jean

In: 2013 International Conference on Signal-Image Technology Internet-Based Systems (SITIS), 2013, p. 478–482

The structure of networks has always been interesting for researchers. Investigating their unique architecture allows to capture insights and to understand the function and evolution of these complex systems. Ecological networks such as food-webs and niche-overlap graphs are considered as complex systems. The main purpose of this work is to compare the topology of 15 real niche-overlap graphs...