Topology of Evolving Networks: Local Events and Universality Export

@article{citeulike:1747965, abstract = {Networks grow and evolve by local events; such as the addition of new nodes and links; or rewiring of links from one node to another. We show that depending on the frequency of these processes two topologically different networks can emerge; the connectivity distribution following either a generalized power law or an exponential. We propose a continuum theory that predicts these two regimes as well as the scaling function and the exponents; in good agreement with numerical results. Finally; we use the obtained predictions to fit the connectivity distribution of the network describing the professional links between movie actors.}, author = {Albert, R\'{e}ka and Barab\'{a}si, Albert L.}, citeulike-article-id = {1747965}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5234}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v85/i24/p5234_1}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v85/i24/p5234_1}, day = {11}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5234}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {change, done, evolving, localevents, network, universality, well}, month = {Dec}, number = {24}, pages = {5234--5237}, posted-at = {2009-01-26 12:39:52}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Topology of Evolving Networks: Local Events and Universality}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5234}, volume = {85}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1747965 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1747965 N2 - Networks grow and evolve by local events; such as the addition of new nodes and links; or rewiring of links from one node to another. We show that depending on the frequency of these processes two topologically different networks can emerge; the connectivity distribution following either a generalized power law or an exponential. We propose a continuum theory that predicts these two regimes as well as the scaling function and the exponents; in good agreement with numerical results. Finally; we use the obtained predictions to fit the connectivity distribution of the network describing the professional links between movie actors. IS - 24 JF - Physical Review Letters EP - 5237 TI - Topology of Evolving Networks: Local Events and Universality PB - American Physical Society VL - 85 SP - 5234 KW - change KW - done KW - evolving KW - localevents KW - network KW - universality KW - well AU - Albert, Réka AU - Barabási, Albert PY - 2000/Dec/11/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5234 ER -