Growing scale-free networks with small-world behavior
- PMID: 12059755
- DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.057102
Growing scale-free networks with small-world behavior
Abstract
In the context of growing networks, we introduce a simple dynamical model that unifies the generic features of real networks: scale-free distribution of degree and the small-world effect. While the average shortest path length increases logarithmically as in random networks, the clustering coefficient assumes a large value independent of system size. We derive analytical expressions for the clustering coefficient in two limiting cases: random [C approximately (ln N)(2)/N] and highly clustered (C=5/6) scale-free networks.
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