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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Jeremy Tantrum, Shoreline, WA (US);
Heng Zhang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Teresa B. Mah, Bellevue, WA (US);
Benyu Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Abhinai Srivastava, Redmond, WA (US);
Jeremy Tantrum, Shoreline, WA (US);
Heng Zhang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Teresa B. Mah, Bellevue, WA (US);
Benyu Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Abhinai Srivastava, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for identifying groups in large-scale networks. The large-scale networks include a collection of nodes and edges that may represent relationships between entities or individuals. The large-scale network is split into a number of fractions satisfying an edge threshold. In turn, the nodes in each fraction are merged to generate one or more clusters based on a specified similarity metric. The large-scale network is recursively split and clustered until distinct groups are identified.