An assortative graph is one where vertexes of the same type are more likely to have edges between them. The (discrete) assortativity-coefficient measures how assortative a graph is based on its mixing matrix. The definition we use is from Mixing Patterns in Networks by Mark Newman. See the citation 'newman200-mixing' in moab or the URL 'http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0209450'.
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