Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Inspired by the structure of technological weblike systems, we discuss network evolution mechanisms which give rise to topological properties found in real spatial networks. Thus, we suggest that the peculiar structure of transport and distribution networks is fundamentally determined by two factors. These are the dependence of the spatial interaction range of vertices on the vertex attractiveness (or importance within the network) and on the inhomogeneous distribution of vertices in space. We propose and analyze numerically a simple model based on these generating mechanisms which seems, for instance, to be able to reproduce known structural features of the Internet.
Source: Physical Review E
Authors: R. Xulvi-Brunet, I. M. Sokolov
Institutions: The University of Sydney, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1992901072