Physics – Data Analysis – Statistics and Probability
Scientific paper
2010-04-29
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107: 7640-7645, (2010)
Physics
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Preprint. Final version appeared in PNAS.
Scientific paper
10.1073/pnas.0912983107
We introduce a new approach to constructing networks with realistic features. Our method, in spite of its conceptual simplicity (it has only two parameters) is capable of generating a wide variety of network types with prescribed statistical properties, e.g., with degree- or clustering coefficient distributions of various, very different forms. In turn, these graphs can be used to test hypotheses, or, as models of actual data. The method is based on a mapping between suitably chosen singular measures defined on the unit square and sparse infinite networks. Such a mapping has the great potential of allowing for graph theoretical results for a variety of network topologies. The main idea of our approach is to go to the infinite limit of the singular measure and the size of the corresponding graph simultaneously. A very unique feature of this construction is that the complexity of the generated network is increasing with the size. We present analytic expressions derived from the parameters of the -- to be iterated-- initial generating measure for such major characteristics of graphs as their degree, clustering coefficient and assortativity coefficient distributions. The optimal parameters of the generating measure are determined from a simple simulated annealing process. Thus, the present work provides a tool for researchers from a variety of fields (such as biology, computer science, biology, or complex systems) enabling them to create a versatile model of their network data.
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