TY - GEN
T1 - Heavy-tailed weighted networks from local attachment strategies
AU - Moriano, Pablo
AU - Finke, Jorge
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Large networks arise by the gradual addition of nodes attaching to an existing and evolving network component. There are a wide class of attachment strategies which lead to distinct structural features in growing networks. This paper introduces a mechanism for constructing, through a process of distributed decision-making, substrates for the study of collective dynamics on power-law weighted networks with both a desired scaling exponent and a desired clustering coefficient. The analytical results show that the connectivity distribution converges to the scaling behavior often found in social and engineering systems. To illustrate the approach of the proposed framework we generate network substrates that resemble the empirical citation distributions of (i) patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 1975 to 1999; and (ii) opinions written by the Supreme Court and the cases they cite from 1754 to 2002.
AB - Large networks arise by the gradual addition of nodes attaching to an existing and evolving network component. There are a wide class of attachment strategies which lead to distinct structural features in growing networks. This paper introduces a mechanism for constructing, through a process of distributed decision-making, substrates for the study of collective dynamics on power-law weighted networks with both a desired scaling exponent and a desired clustering coefficient. The analytical results show that the connectivity distribution converges to the scaling behavior often found in social and engineering systems. To illustrate the approach of the proposed framework we generate network substrates that resemble the empirical citation distributions of (i) patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 1975 to 1999; and (ii) opinions written by the Supreme Court and the cases they cite from 1754 to 2002.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84860670360&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CDC.2011.6161494
DO - 10.1109/CDC.2011.6161494
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84860670360
SN - 9781612848006
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
SP - 5211
EP - 5216
BT - 2011 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, CDC-ECC 2011
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2011 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, CDC-ECC 2011
Y2 - 12 December 2011 through 15 December 2011
ER -