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LabCentra: Who matters in a network, and why

A pure PageRank engine: the random-surfer step (teleport + dangling-mass redistribution) iterated to its fixed point, with nodes sized by rank and convergence you can scrub. 13 tests on the two defining invariants - ranks sum to 1, and they satisfy the PageRank equation.

Free software1 sections · 2 min readBy Dezső Mező.mdFree softwareCentra

Centra is an interactive PageRank engine that measures which nodes matter most in a network and lets you see why. The signature technique is the random-surfer step - teleport plus dangling-mass redistribution - iterated to its fixed point, with nodes sized by rank and convergence you can scrub through, validated by the two defining invariants that ranks sum to 1 and satisfy the PageRank equation. It is a from-scratch, dependency-light build you can download and run locally.

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  • A pure PageRank engine: the random-surfer step (teleport + dangling-mass redistribution) iterated to its fixed point, with nodes sized by rank and convergence you can scrub. 13 tests on the two defining invariants - ranks sum to 1, and they satisfy the PageRank equation.
  • Download: Centra (ZIP)
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