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Louvain method
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<p>The Louvain method for community detection is a <a href="/facts/Greedy_algorithm/alfsekco">greedy optimization</a> method intended to extract non-overlapping communities from large <a href="/facts/Graph_(discrete_mathematics)/kw3eIBUe">networks</a> created by <a href="/facts/Vincent_Blondel/pSyIU7yU">Blondel</a> <i>et al</i>. from the <a href="/facts/Universit%25C3%25A9_catholique_de_Louvain/LVrne0wU">University of Louvain</a> (the source of this method's name). </p>