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 |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2019
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/76f20100569d425b9b0c5caaa9cbcd0a |
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