Modeling the evolution of weighted networks

Details Modeling the evolution of weighted networks Modeling the evolution of weighted networks

2004-06-10

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406238v1

Phys. Rev. E 70 (2004) 066149.

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.70.066149

We present a general model for the growth of weighted networks in which the structural growth is coupled with the edges' weight dynamical evolution. The model is based on a simple weight-driven dynamics and a weights' reinforcement mechanism coupled to the local network growth. That coupling can be generalized in order to include the effect of additional randomness and non-linearities which can be present in real-world networks. The model generates weighted graphs exhibiting the statistical properties observed in several real-world systems. In particular, the model yields a non-trivial time evolution of vertices properties and scale-free behavior with exponents depending on the microscopic parameters characterizing the coupling rules. Very interestingly, the generated graphs spontaneously achieve a complex hierarchical architecture characterized by clustering and connectivity correlations varying as a function of the vertices' degree.

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