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Title: Information Measures of Degree Distributions with an Application to Labeled Graphs

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OSTI ID:1339896

The problem of describing the distribution of labels over a set of objects is relevant to many domains. For example: cyber security, social media, and protein interactions all care about the manner in which labels are distributed among different objects. In this paper we present three interacting statistical measures on label distributions, inspired by entropy and information theory. Labeled graphs are discussed as a specific case of labels distributed over a set of edges. We describe a use case in cyber security using a labeled directed multi-graph of IPFLOW. Finally we show how these measures respond when labels are updated in certain ways.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1339896
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-112624
Resource Relation:
Conference: Advances in the Mathematical Sciences: Research from the 2015 Association for Women in Mathematics Symposium, College Park, Maryland, April 11-12, 2015, 6:379-400
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English