Fast nonparametric network backboning algorithms
The "MDL_backboning" function in functions.py inputs a weighted edgelist (directed or undirected) for a network and returns the global and local MDL backbones described in the paper below.
If you use this algorithm in your work please cite:
A. Kirkley, Fast nonparametric inference of network backbones for graph sparsification. Preprint arXiv:2409.06417 (2024)