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Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 178701 (2003) [4 pages]

Modeling Dynamics of Information Networks

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Martin Rosvall1,2 and Kim Sneppen1
1Nordita, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
2Department of Physics, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden

Received 29 November 2002; published 24 October 2003

We propose an information-based model for network dynamics in which imperfect information leads to networks where the different vertices have widely different numbers of edges to other vertices, and where the topology has hierarchical features. The possibility to observe scale-free networks is linked to a minimally connected system where hubs remain dynamic.

© 2003 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.178701
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.178701
PACS:
89.75.Hc, 87.23.Ge, 89.65.–s, 89.70.+c