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Percolation critical exponents in scale-free networks.

Reuven Cohen1, Daniel Ben-Avraham, Shlomo Havlin

  • 1Minerva Center and Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|October 9, 2002
PubMed
Summary

This study examines scale-free networks near their percolation threshold. Critical exponents deviate from mean-field predictions for 24.

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Area of Science:

  • Network science
  • Statistical physics
  • Complex systems

Background:

  • Scale-free networks exhibit power-law connectivity P(k) ~ k(-lambda).
  • Percolation theory describes phase transitions in networks.
  • Mean-field theory provides baseline critical exponents for regular percolation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate critical exponents of scale-free networks near the percolation threshold.
  • Determine the influence of the connectivity distribution exponent (lambda) on critical behavior.
  • Compare network percolation exponents to standard mean-field predictions.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of network connectivity distribution P(k) ~ k(-lambda).
  • Study of network behavior near the percolation threshold.

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  • Examination of critical exponents under varying degrees of dilution.

    • Main Results:

    • For 3
    • Networks with 2
    • Mean-field exponents are recovered only for lambda>4.

    Conclusions:

    • The critical behavior of scale-free networks near percolation is strongly dependent on the exponent lambda.
    • Deviations from mean-field theory are significant for intermediate lambda values.
    • Scale-free network structure alters universal percolation critical phenomena.