quantitative measure of promiscuity

Question

[Jessica]

Dear all,

I am not sure if this is the right place for me to ask a question about network analysis, but I'd give a try. If anybody knows any forums for network analysis, I'd appreciate if you can let me know.

I have two bipartite networks. By doing clustering, I see that the interactions in one network are more "modular", while the interactions in another network are more "promiscuous". However, I wonder if there is any standard method to quantify network promiscuity. Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,
Wendy

Answer 1

[Ahill]

How about measures like degree distribution, or size of connected components?

[Jessica]

Thanks Ahill. Good ideas. Is there a standard algorithm to detect the size of connected components?