Uncovering the role of elementary processes in network evolution

Gourab Ghoshal1, Liping Chi, Albert-László Barabási

  • 11] Department of Physics, Biology and Computer Science, Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA [2] Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA [3].

Scientific Reports
|October 11, 2013
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces a minimal model for network evolution, distinguishing elementary mechanisms like node/edge addition and deletion. This approach clarifies the specific roles of each process in shaping network structures.

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