Let’s create some test data to run the Centrality algorithms on.

// create 100 nodes
FOREACH (id IN range(0,1000) | CREATE (:Node {id:id}))

// over the cross product (1M) create 100.000 relationships
MATCH (n1:Node),(n2:Node) WITH n1,n2 LIMIT 1000000 WHERE rand() < 0.1

CREATE (n1)-[:TYPE]->(n2)

Centrality is an indicator of a node’s influence in a graph. In graphs there is a natural distance metric between pairs of nodes, defined by the length of their shortest paths. For both algorithms below we can measure based upon the direction of the relationship, whereby the 3rd argument represents the direction and can be of value BOTH, INCOMING, OUTGOING.

Closeness Centrality defines the farness of a node as the sum of its distances from all other nodes, and its closeness as the reciprocal of farness.

The more central a node is the lower its total distance from all other nodes.

Complexity: This procedure uses a BFS shortest path algorithm. With BFS the complexes becomes O(n * m) Caution: Due to the complexity of this algorithm it is recommended to run it on only the nodes you are interested in.

MATCH (node:Node)
WHERE node.id %2 = 0
WITH collect(node) AS nodes
CALL apoc.algo.closeness(['TYPE'],nodes,'INCOMING') YIELD node, score
RETURN node, score
ORDER BY score DESC

The procedure will compute betweenness centrality as defined by Linton C. Freeman (1977) using the algorithm by Ulrik Brandes (2001). Centrality is an indicator of a node’s influence in a graph.

Betweenness Centrality is equal to the number of shortest paths from all nodes to all others that pass through that node.

High centrality suggests a large influence on the transfer of items through the graph.

Centrality is applicable to numerous domains, including: social networks, biology, transport and scientific cooperation.

Complexity: This procedure uses a BFS shortest path algorithm. With BFS the complexes becomes O(n * m) Caution: Due to the complexity of this algorithm it is recommended to run it on only the nodes you are interested in.

MATCH (node:Node)
WHERE node.id %2 = 0
WITH collect(node) AS nodes
CALL apoc.algo.betweenness(['TYPE'],nodes,'BOTH') YIELD node, score
RETURN node, score
ORDER BY score DESC