General Dynamics of Topology and Traffic on Weighted Technological Networks

Wen-Xu Wang, Bing-Hong Wang, Bo Hu, Gang Yan, Qing Ou
2005 Physical Review Letters  
For most technical networks, the interplay of dynamics, traffic and topology is assumed crucial to their evolution. In this paper, we propose a traffic-driven evolution model of weighted technological networks. By introducing a general strength-coupling mechanism under which the traffic and topology mutually interact, the model gives power-law distributions of degree, weight and strength, as confirmed in many real networks. Particularly, depending on a parameter W that controls the total weight
more » ... growth of the system, the nontrivial clustering coefficient C, degree assortativity coefficient r and degree-strength correlation are all in consistence with empirical evidences.
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.94.188702 pmid:15904415 fatcat:gemk2d5r2jdbzgu3itrw2k4zoe