An Experimental Evaluation of SimRank-based Similarity Search Algorithms
Summary: Empirical comparison of SimRank-based similarity search. Ten unified implementations (2002–2015) on graphs reveal no dominant method; iterative methods more accurate, random-walk more scalable; non-iterative variant excels on medium graphs - guidelines. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Zhipeng Zhang (Peking University)
- 2. Yingxia Shao (Peking University)
- 3. Bin Cui (Peking University)
- 4. Ce Zhang (ETH Zurich)
BibTeX Citation
@article{zhang_vldb17,
title = {{An Experimental Evaluation of SimRank-based Similarity Search Algorithms}},
author = {Zhang, Zhipeng and Shao, Yingxia and Cui, Bin and Zhang, Ce},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '17},
volume = {10},
number = {5},
pages = {601--612},
doi = {10.14778/3055540.3055548},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3055540.3055548},
year = {2017}
}Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
Showing 4 of 4 citing papers.
| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,951 | READS: A Random Walk Approach for Efficient and Accurate Dynamic SimRank | 2017 | VLDB | 6.9974506e-05 |
| 6,423 | Memory-Aware Framework for Efficient Second-Order Random Walk on Large Graphs | 2020 | SIGMOD | 5.8813146e-05 |
| 8,212 | PRSim: Sublinear Time SimRank Computation on Large Power-Law Graphs | 2019 | SIGMOD | 5.4658632e-05 |
| 8,213 | ProbeSim: Scalable Single-Source and Top-k SimRank Computations on Dynamic Graphs | 2018 | VLDB | 5.4658632e-05 |
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Showing 9 of 9 cited papers.
Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 653 | Accuracy Estimate and Optimization Techniques for SimRank Computation | 2008 | VLDB | 0.00015302705 |
| 758 | Simrank++: Query Rewriting through Link Analysis of the Click Graph | 2008 | VLDB | 0.00014277369 |
| 1,036 | Parallel Subgraph Listing in a Large-Scale Graph | 2014 | SIGMOD | 0.00012499878 |
| 1,365 | Scalable Similarity Search for SimRank | 2014 | SIGMOD | 0.00011017467 |
| 1,812 | Efficient SimRank-based Similarity Join Over Large Graphs | 2013 | VLDB | 9.6948178e-05 |
| 2,291 | Efficient Partial-Pairs SimRank Search on Large Networks | 2015 | VLDB | 8.7973939e-05 |
| 4,216 | An Efficient Similarity Search Framework for SimRank over Large Dynamic Graphs | 2015 | VLDB | 6.8273894e-05 |
| 4,667 | Efficient Cohesive Subgraphs Detection in Parallel | 2014 | SIGMOD | 6.5768564e-05 |
| 8,303 | Efficient Top-K SimRank-based Similarity Join | 2014 | SIGMOD | 5.457277e-05 |
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