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Nestedness Maximization in Complex Networks through the Fitness-Complexity Algorithm.

Jian-Hong Lin¹, Claudio Juan Tessone¹, Manuel Sebastian Mariani^1,2

¹URPP Social Networks, University of Zurich, CH-8050 Zurich, Switzerland.

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|December 3, 2020

Summary

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The fitness-complexity algorithm effectively maximizes nestedness in ecological networks, outperforming the current standard BINMATNEST algorithm in most cases. This novel approach offers a powerful new tool for ecological network analysis.

Keywords:

ecological networks economic fitness fitness-complexity genetic algorithms nestedness temperature

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Network Science
Economic Complexity

Background:

Nestedness describes how node neighborhoods are subsets of better-connected nodes in complex networks.
Ecologists have long studied maximal nestedness in spatial and interaction matrices.
BINMATNEST is the current state-of-the-art for ecological nestedness maximization.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of the fitness-complexity ranking algorithm for nestedness maximization.
To compare the fitness-complexity algorithm with the BINMATNEST algorithm in ecological network analysis.
To explore the potential of the fitness-complexity algorithm as a standard tool in nestedness analysis.

Main Methods:

Applied the fitness-complexity ranking algorithm to ecological and World Trade export networks.
Compared the nestedness maximization performance of the fitness-complexity algorithm against BINMATNEST.
Analyzed mutualistic networks to assess the degree of nestedness generated by both algorithms.

Main Results:

The fitness-complexity algorithm generated more nested matrices than BINMATNEST for 61.27% of analyzed mutualistic networks.
Demonstrated the high effectiveness of the fitness-complexity algorithm in the nestedness maximization task.
Identified the fitness-complexity algorithm as a superior method for revealing maximal nestedness configurations.

Conclusions:

The fitness-complexity algorithm is highly effective for maximizing nestedness in ecological networks.
This algorithm shows significant potential to become a standard tool for nestedness analysis beyond economic complexity.
Cross-disciplinary application of methods from economic complexity enhances ecological network research.