论文标题
多层网络简化：方法，模型和方法
Multilayer network simplification: approaches, models and methods
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论文摘要
多层网络已被广泛用于表示和分析互连实体的系统，在这些实体中，这些实体及其连接都可以不同。但是，由于无关的信息，例如与分析的目标无关的层，由于其大小无关，或者是因为定义为分析简单网络的传统方法没有直接的扩展能够处理多个层。因此，在文献中设计了许多方法来简化多层网络，以提高我们分析它们的能力。在本文中，我们提供了现有简化方法的统一和实用的分类法，并确定了仍然不发达的多层网络简化方法以及新兴趋势的类别。
Multilayer networks have been widely used to represent and analyze systems of interconnected entities where both the entities and their connections can be of different types. However, real multilayer networks can be difficult to analyze because of irrelevant information, such as layers not related to the objective of the analysis, because of their size, or because traditional methods defined to analyze simple networks do not have a straightforward extension able to handle multiple layers. Therefore, a number of methods have been devised in the literature to simplify multilayer networks with the objective of improving our ability to analyze them. In this article we provide a unified and practical taxonomy of existing simplification approaches, and we identify categories of multilayer network simplification methods that are still underdeveloped, as well as emerging trends.
