The impact of time delay in the connectivity distribution of complex networks generated using the Barabási-Albert model



Document title: The impact of time delay in the connectivity distribution of complex networks generated using the Barabási-Albert model
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000378380
ISSN: 0035-001X
Authors: 1
1
2
Institutions: 1Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí. México
2Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Barcelona. España
Year:
Season: Mar-Abr
Volumen: 60
Number: 2
Pages: 145-148
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, teórico
English abstract In the Barabási-Albert growth model for complex networks new nodes added to the network, obtain instant information from the entire network and employ preferential connectivity to select a node to establish a connection. In practice, information takes time to propagate from a sender to a receiver. We modify the Barabási-Albert model to include the time information takes to propagate between nodes. In the modified model a time delay is associated to the transmission of information and each new node must wait for a period of time to receive the network connectivity information. By adjusting this waiting time, different functional forms of the connectivity distribution are obtained. These connectivity distributions form a spectrum of functional forms which lie between two limiting cases: a power law distribution for large waiting times and an exponential distribution for short waiting times
Disciplines: Física y astronomía
Keyword: Física,
Redes complejas,
Modelo Barabási-Albert,
Tiempo de retardo
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Physics,
Complex networks,
Barabasi-Albert model,
Time delay
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