# Dynamic Katz Centrality
**Entity class:** Temporal network metric
**Maturity:** Developing
## Definition
**Dynamic Katz centrality** extends walk-based influence measurement across time-ordered network snapshots. It weights direct and indirect paths while preserving temporal sequence and can help rank influence in incomplete, changing networks.
## Relationships
- **part of:** [[wiki/Dynamic Network Analysis|Dynamic Network Analysis]].
- **compared with:** [[wiki/Degree Centrality|Degree Centrality]] and [[wiki/Betweenness Centrality|Betweenness Centrality]].
- **applied to:** [[wiki/Dark Network|Dark Network]].
## Sources / Provenance
- [[research/A Network-Epidemiological Analysis of Radicalization and Real-Time Counterterrorism Observability|Network-Epidemiological Analysis]]