Identifying influential spreaders in complex networks based on entropy weight method and gravity law

Yan Xiao-Li^{1, 2, 3}, Cui Ya-Peng^{1, 2, 3}, Ni Shun-Jiang^{1, 2, 3, †}

Comparisons of Kendall’s tau coefficient τ between optimal combination (red curve) and seven centrality methods according to SIR model in six real networks. Each point is obtained by averaging over 300 independent runs.