Abstract: A method may include obtaining a graph dataset that includes a plurality of nodes. The method may include specifying two or more clusters into which each node of the plurality of nodes is to be sorted. The method may include assigning each respective node of the plurality of nodes of the graph dataset into a respective cluster of the two or more clusters according to respective costs that are each associated with each of the respective clusters such that all of the costs are within a threshold value of each other. The respective cost associated with its respective cluster may be determined based on a number of external edges connecting the respective nodes in the respective cluster to the nodes in each other cluster. The method may include analyzing the plurality of nodes with respect to the respective cluster to which each of the respective nodes is assigned.