# Betweenness centrality in dense random geometric networks

@article{Giles2015BetweennessCI,
title={Betweenness centrality in dense random geometric networks},
author={Alexander P. Giles and Orestis Georgiou and Carl P. Dettmann},
journal={2015 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)},
year={2015},
pages={6450-6455}
}
• Published 23 October 2014
• Computer Science
• 2015 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
Random geometric networks are mathematical structures consisting of a set of nodes placed randomly within a bounded set V ⊆ ℝd mutually coupled with a probability dependent on their Euclidean separation, and are the classic model used within the expanding field of ad hoc wireless networks. In order to rank the importance of the network's communicating nodes, we consider the well established `betweenness' centrality measure (quantifying how often a node is on a shortest path of links between any…

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