Abstract (may include machine translation)
Scale-free networks are abundant in nature and society, describing such diverse systems as the world wide web, the web of human sexual contacts, or the chemical network of a cell. All models used to generate a scale-free topology are stochastic, that is they create networks in which the nodes appear to be randomly connected to each other. Here we propose a simple model that generates scale-free networks in a deterministic fashion. We solve exactly the model, showing that the tail of the degree distribution follows a power law.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 559-564 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications |
Volume | 299 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Oct 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Disordered systems
- Networks
- Scale-free networks
- Scaling