Re: [igraph] Clustering coefficient vs. transitivity

[Tamas Nepusz]

Jonathan,

Thanks for the suggestions, I will add some references to the relevant
igraph functions both in the documentation of the C core and the Python
interface.

-- 
Tamas

On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 09:36:09AM +0200, Jonathan F. Donges wrote:
> Gabors and Tamas,
> 
> Thanks for the information. Due to the potential for
> misinterpretation, I would strongly suggest that you include more
> explicit warnings, maybe even references to the literature (Newman,
> Boccaletti) in the DOCSTRINGS of both transitivity_undirected and
> transitivity_avglocal_undirected. The clustering coefficient
> (Watts-Strogatz or "true" transitivity) is among the most frequently
> used measures of network theory and most researchers (most of which
> have not been in the field before due to its exponential growth)
> probably know it nowadays as "clustering coefficient" from the newer
> literature.