Artículo
Detection of Communities within the Multibody System Dynamics Network and Analysis of Their Relations
Autor/es | García Vallejo, Daniel
Alcayde García, Alfredo López Martínez, Javier Gil Montoya, Francisco |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y de Fabricación |
Fecha de publicación | 2019-12 |
Fecha de depósito | 2020-09-08 |
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Resumen | Multibody system dynamics is already a well developed branch of theoretical,
computational and applied mechanics. Thousands of documents can be found in any of the
well-known scientific databases. In this work it is ... Multibody system dynamics is already a well developed branch of theoretical, computational and applied mechanics. Thousands of documents can be found in any of the well-known scientific databases. In this work it is demonstrated that multibody system dynamics is built of many thematic communities. Using the Elsevier’s abstract and citation database SCOPUS, a massive amount of data is collected and analyzed with the use of the open source visualization tool Gephi. The information is represented as a large set of nodes with connections to study their graphical distribution and explore geometry and symmetries. A randomized radial symmetry is found in the graphical representation of the collected information. Furthermore, the concept of modularity is used to demonstrate that community structures are present in the field of multibody system dynamics. In particular, twenty-four different thematic communities have been identified. The scientific production of each community is analyzed, which allows to predict its growing rate in the next years. The journals and conference proceedings mainly used by the authors belonging to the community as well as the cooperation between them by country are also analyzed. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (MICINN). España Universidad de Almería |
Identificador del proyecto | PGC2018-098813-B-C33 |
Cita | García Vallejo, D., Alcayde García, A., López Martínez, J. y Gil Montoya, F. (2019). Detection of Communities within the Multibody System Dynamics Network and Analysis of Their Relations. Symmetry, 11 (12), Article number 1525. |
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