Fig. 6: The performance of the four indices for characterizing spreading dynamics on real world networks.
Each matrix presents the results of the comparison of the four indices in a given time step of the spreading process. D, H, C and R represent degree, H-index, coreness, and cycle ratio, respectively. CE is the abbreviation of C. elegans. The elements in each matrix are the rankings of four indices at the corresponding time step, which is determined by cumulative infected nodes of each index in the SIR model simulation. The index with the largest number of infected nodes is ranked No. 1, and the others are ranked No. 2, 3, and 4 successively. Each ranking is averaged over 2000 independent runs and they are visualized by the color: the better the deeper. The infection probability is set as β = βc. for each network.
