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On the betweenness centrality of trees, forests and cycles
Thomas Britz
Sustainable Forestry 2019, 2(2); https://doi.org/10.24294/sf.v1i2.968
Submitted:17 Jul 2019
Accepted:11 Sept 2019
Published:03 Oct 2019
Abstract

Simple mathematical expressions are given for the betweenness centrality of nodes in trees, forests and cycles. As application, a centrality test is given for when a network might be a forest.

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