| Centrality indices are answers to the question "What characterizes an important vertex?" The answer is given in terms of a real-valued function on the vertices of a graph, where the values produced are expected to provide a ranking which identifies the most important nodes.<ref name="Bonacich1987">{{cite journal |last1= Bonacich |first1= Phillip|year= 1987 |title= Power and Centrality: A Family of Measures | journal=American Journal of Sociology |volume= 92|issue= 5|pages= 1170–1182|doi=10.1086/228631 |url= }}<!--|accessdate=July 11, 2014--></ref><ref name="Borgatti2005">{{cite journal |last1= Borgatti |first1= Stephen P.|year= 2005 |title= Centrality and Network Flow |journal=Social Networks |volume= 27|issue= |pages= 55–71|doi=10.1016/j.socnet.2004.11.008 |url= |citeseerx= 10.1.1.387.419}}<!--|accessdate= July 11, 2014--></ref><ref name="Christian F. A. Negre, Uriel N. Morzan, Heidi P. Hendrickson, Rhitankar Pal, George P. Lisi, J. Patrick Loria, Ivan Rivalta, Junming Ho, Victor S. Batista. 2018 E12201--E12208">{{cite journal |author = Christian F. A. Negre, Uriel N. Morzan, Heidi P. Hendrickson, Rhitankar Pal, George P. Lisi, J. Patrick Loria, Ivan Rivalta, Junming Ho, Victor S. Batista.|title = Eigenvector centrality for characterization of protein allosteric pathways|journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume = 115|number = 52|pages = E12201–E12208|year = 2018|doi = 10.1073/pnas.1810452115|pmid = 30530700|pmc = 6310864}}</ref> | | Centrality indices are answers to the question "What characterizes an important vertex?" The answer is given in terms of a real-valued function on the vertices of a graph, where the values produced are expected to provide a ranking which identifies the most important nodes.<ref name="Bonacich1987">{{cite journal |last1= Bonacich |first1= Phillip|year= 1987 |title= Power and Centrality: A Family of Measures | journal=American Journal of Sociology |volume= 92|issue= 5|pages= 1170–1182|doi=10.1086/228631 |url= }}<!--|accessdate=July 11, 2014--></ref><ref name="Borgatti2005">{{cite journal |last1= Borgatti |first1= Stephen P.|year= 2005 |title= Centrality and Network Flow |journal=Social Networks |volume= 27|issue= |pages= 55–71|doi=10.1016/j.socnet.2004.11.008 |url= |citeseerx= 10.1.1.387.419}}<!--|accessdate= July 11, 2014--></ref><ref name="Christian F. A. Negre, Uriel N. Morzan, Heidi P. Hendrickson, Rhitankar Pal, George P. Lisi, J. Patrick Loria, Ivan Rivalta, Junming Ho, Victor S. Batista. 2018 E12201--E12208">{{cite journal |author = Christian F. A. Negre, Uriel N. Morzan, Heidi P. Hendrickson, Rhitankar Pal, George P. Lisi, J. Patrick Loria, Ivan Rivalta, Junming Ho, Victor S. Batista.|title = Eigenvector centrality for characterization of protein allosteric pathways|journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume = 115|number = 52|pages = E12201–E12208|year = 2018|doi = 10.1073/pnas.1810452115|pmid = 30530700|pmc = 6310864}}</ref> |
− | Centrality indices are answers to the question "What characterizes an important vertex?" The answer is given in terms of a real-valued function on the vertices of a graph, where the values produced are expected to provide a ranking which identifies the most important nodes.<ref name="Christian F. A. Negre, Uriel N. Morzan, Heidi P. Hendrickson, Rhitankar Pal, George P. Lisi, J. Patrick Loria, Ivan Rivalta, Junming Ho, Victor S. Batista. 2018 E12201--E12208">{{cite journal |author = Christian F. A. Negre, Uriel N. Morzan, Heidi P. Hendrickson, Rhitankar Pal, George P. Lisi, J. Patrick Loria, Ivan Rivalta, Junming Ho, Victor S. Batista.|title = Eigenvector centrality for characterization of protein allosteric pathways|journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume = 115|number = 52|pages = E12201–E12208|year = 2018|doi = 10.1073/pnas.1810452115|pmid = 30530700|pmc = 6310864}}</ref> | + | Centrality indices are answers to the question "What characterizes an important vertex?" The answer is given in terms of a real-valued function on the vertices of a graph, where the values produced are expected to provide a ranking which identifies the most important nodes.<ref name="Bonacich1987">{{cite journal |last1= Bonacich |first1= Phillip|year= 1987 |title= Power and Centrality: A Family of Measures | journal=American Journal of Sociology |volume= 92|issue= 5|pages= 1170–1182|doi=10.1086/228631 |url= }}<!--|accessdate=July 11, 2014--></ref><ref name="Borgatti2005">{{cite journal |last1= Borgatti |first1= Stephen P.|year= 2005 |title= Centrality and Network Flow |journal=Social Networks |volume= 27|issue= |pages= 55–71|doi=10.1016/j.socnet.2004.11.008 |url= |citeseerx= 10.1.1.387.419}}<!--|accessdate= July 11, 2014--></ref><ref name="Christian F. A. Negre, Uriel N. Morzan, Heidi P. Hendrickson, Rhitankar Pal, George P. Lisi, J. Patrick Loria, Ivan Rivalta, Junming Ho, Victor S. Batista. 2018 E12201--E12208">{{cite journal |author = Christian F. A. Negre, Uriel N. Morzan, Heidi P. Hendrickson, Rhitankar Pal, George P. Lisi, J. Patrick Loria, Ivan Rivalta, Junming Ho, Victor S. Batista.|title = Eigenvector centrality for characterization of protein allosteric pathways|journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume = 115|number = 52|pages = E12201–E12208|year = 2018|doi = 10.1073/pnas.1810452115|pmid = 30530700|pmc = 6310864}}</ref> |