{"title":"Anonymous group structure algorithm based on community structure","authors":"Linghong Kuang, Kunliang Si, Jing Zhang","doi":"10.7717/peerj-cs.2244","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A social network is a platform that users can share data through the internet. With the ever-increasing intertwining of social networks and daily existence, the accumulation of personal privacy information is steadily mounting. However, the exposure of such data could lead to disastrous consequences. To mitigate this problem, an anonymous group structure algorithm based on community structure is proposed in this article. At first, a privacy protection scheme model is designed, which can be adjusted dynamically according to the network size and user demand. Secondly, based on the community characteristics, the concept of fuzzy subordinate degree is introduced, then three kinds of community structure mining algorithms are designed: the fuzzy subordinate degree-based algorithm, the improved Kernighan-Lin algorithm, and the enhanced label propagation algorithm. At last, according to the level of privacy, different anonymous graph construction algorithms based on community structure are designed. Furthermore, the simulation experiments show that the three methods of community division can divide the network community effectively. They can be utilized at different privacy levels. In addition, the scheme can satisfy the privacy requirement with minor changes.","PeriodicalId":54224,"journal":{"name":"PeerJ Computer Science","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"PeerJ Computer Science","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.2244","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A social network is a platform that users can share data through the internet. With the ever-increasing intertwining of social networks and daily existence, the accumulation of personal privacy information is steadily mounting. However, the exposure of such data could lead to disastrous consequences. To mitigate this problem, an anonymous group structure algorithm based on community structure is proposed in this article. At first, a privacy protection scheme model is designed, which can be adjusted dynamically according to the network size and user demand. Secondly, based on the community characteristics, the concept of fuzzy subordinate degree is introduced, then three kinds of community structure mining algorithms are designed: the fuzzy subordinate degree-based algorithm, the improved Kernighan-Lin algorithm, and the enhanced label propagation algorithm. At last, according to the level of privacy, different anonymous graph construction algorithms based on community structure are designed. Furthermore, the simulation experiments show that the three methods of community division can divide the network community effectively. They can be utilized at different privacy levels. In addition, the scheme can satisfy the privacy requirement with minor changes.
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