Figure \ref{658282} shows authority score correlation Heatmap matrix between top ten countries on the basis of authority score. Heatmap depicts the high negative correlation between China’s authority score to that of Netherland, Great Britain, Germany, and Canada. Which shows the authority score of later countries is moving together but in opposite direction of the authority score of China.
Conclusions
In conclusion link analysis algorithms, PageRank and HITS algorithms initially used to rank the importance of webpage, are also useful and meaningful to study the comparative importance of countries in the hyperlinked structure of World Trade Network. PageRank score, which is successful to identify the significant page, has been able to capture the importance of countries in the WTN. Similarly, hubs and authority score has been able to capture the importance of countries in the WTN. Some Asian countries have emerged as major trade center from the perspective both import and export, and this fact is easily captured by PageRank and Hubs scores.