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Table 5 Overlap of nodes and edges between the layers, as measured by the fraction of nodes/edges appearing in both layers over the aggregate number of nodes/edges of the two layers

From: Multilayer network analysis of the drugs development cycle in the global pharmaceutical industry

 

Drug pipeline

Supply chain

Ownership

(a) Node overlap between two layers

   Drug pipeline

1.000

  

   Supply chain

0.730

1.000

 

   Ownership

0.042

0.057

1.000

(b) Edge overlap between two layers

   Drug pipeline

1.000

  

   Supply chain

0.081

1.000

 

   Ownership

0.007

0.007

1.000

(c) Number of node overlap between two layers \(\left| V_{\alpha }\cap V_{\beta }\right|\)

   Drug pipeline

1574

  

   Supply chain

1149

1149

 

   Ownership

67

66

74

(d) Number of edge overlap between two layers \(\left| E_{\alpha }\cap E_{\beta }\right|\)

   Drug pipeline

3318

  

   Supply chain

480

3079

 

   Ownership

22

23

75

  1. We ignore the multiple edges in the drug pipeline layer