Using Audio Analysis and Network Structure to Identify Communities in On-line Social Networks of Artists

Publication Type  Conference Paper
Author  Kurt Jacobson
Secondary Author  Ben Fields; Mark Sandler
Year of Publication  2008
Conference Name  ISMIR
Date Published  08/2008
Conference Location  Philidelphia, USA
Key Words  MySpace; community detection; audio similarity; complex networks
Abstract  

Community detection methods from complex network theory are applied to a subset of the Myspace artist network to identify groups of similar artists. Methods based on the greedy optimization of modularity and random walks are used. In a second iteration, inter-artist audio-based similarity scores are used as input to enhance these community detection methods. The resulting community structures are evaluated using a collection of artist-assigned genre tags.

URL  http://ismir2008.ismir.net/papers/ISMIR2008_118.pdf
Citation Key  10