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To analyze the structure of social networks, the methods of cooperative game theory can be adopted. One of such methods is based on the calculation of the Myerson values as a centrality measure of the vertices in a graph. In this case, the number of paths of a certain length in the subgraphs corresponding to the coalitions is used as the characteristic function. This paper proposes a modification of the Myerson value for the case where the paths in a graph containing cycles are included in consideration. The effectiveness of this approach is illustrated by several examples.
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This work was partially supported by the “Double Hundred Talent Plan” of Shandong Province, project no. WST2017009.
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Mazalov, V.V., Khitraya, V.A. A Modified Myerson Value for Determining the Centrality of Graph Vertices. Autom Remote Control 82, 145–159 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117921010100
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