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. 2019 Jun 20;66(6):655–666. doi: 10.1111/zph.12618

Table 1.

Formulas applied to calculate networks parameters

Measure Formula Reference
Degree centrality (D)
D=i=1na(pi,pk)
Freeman (1978)
Betweenness centrality (B)
B=in<jngij(pk)gij
Freeman (1978)
Closeness centrality (C)
C=n-1i=1nnd(pi,pk)
Freeman (1978)
Density (ρ)
ρ2En(n-1)
Martínez‐López et al. (2009)
Diameter (Ø) maxik d(i, k) West Douglas (2001)

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