Scale-free networks are rare

Real-world networks are often said to be ”scale free”, meaning their degree distribution follows a power law. Broido and Clauset perform statistical tests of this claim using a large and diverse corpus of real-world networks, showing that scale-free structure is far from universal.

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Main Authors: Anna D. Broido, Aaron Clauset
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/76f20100569d425b9b0c5caaa9cbcd0a
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Summary:Real-world networks are often said to be ”scale free”, meaning their degree distribution follows a power law. Broido and Clauset perform statistical tests of this claim using a large and diverse corpus of real-world networks, showing that scale-free structure is far from universal.