Scale-free networks from varying vertex intrinsic fitness
A new mechanism leading to scale-free networks is proposed in this Letter. It is shown that, in many cases of interest, the connectivity power-law behavior is neither related to dynamical properties nor to preferential attachment. Assigning a quenched fitness value x(i) to every vertex, and drawing links among vertices with a probability depending on the fitnesses of the two involved sites, gives rise to what we call a good-get-richer mechanism, in which sites with larger fitness are more likely to become hubs (i.e., to be highly connected).
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Capocci, A., De Los Rios, P., Munoz, M. A., & Caldarelli, G. (2002). Scale-free networks from varying vertex intrinsic fitness. Physical Review Letters, 89, Article 258702. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.258702
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2002
89
258702
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