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Randa Boukabene, Fatima Benbouzid Si Tayeb

This systematic review comprehensively surveys community detection methods for multilayer networks, defining network types, proposing a two-level taxonomy for existing algorithms, and detailing real-world applications. The authors identify key challenges and outline future research directions to enhance the understanding and effectiveness of multilayer community detection.

Key insights

• Multilayer networks offer a more nuanced and accurate representation of complex systems by capturing diverse interaction types simultaneously.
• Existing community detection methods can be systematically categorized based on their reliance on network structure versus low-dimensional embeddings, with distinct sub-approaches within each.
• Significant research gaps persist, particularly concerning dynamic, large-scale, heterogeneous, overlapping, and local communities, as well as the need for more specialized embedding techniques and methods that do not require a priori knowledge of community numbers.

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