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Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 068701 (2001) [4 pages]

Communication Networks with an Emergent Dynamical Structure

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Olga V. Kirillova
Department of Theoretical Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Ulyanovskaya strasse 1, St. Petersburg, 198904 Russia

Received 16 November 2000; revised 5 March 2001; published 24 July 2001

A model with a dynamical network structure is studied. The essential difference from other models is that a disappearance of links is also allowed. The obtained results suggest that under certain conditions a fairly robust cluster, which contains all of the elements of the system, can be formed. According to the power law dependence in the node connectivity distribution, a scale-free regime can occur in such models. The average network diameter behaves as K-τ. The emergent structure is close to the small-world networks for certain values of p and to the large-world ones for others. Generally, the influence of the parameter K on the average network diameter is more significant than that of the system size.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.068701
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.068701
PACS:
89.75.Hc, 84.40.Ua, 87.18.Bb, 89.75.Da