Two universal physical principles shape the power-law statistics of real-world networks.
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ABSTRACT: The study of complex networks has pursued an understanding of macroscopic behaviour by focusing on power-laws in microscopic observables. Here, we uncover two universal fundamental physical principles that are at the basis of complex network generation. These principles together predict the generic emergence of deviations from ideal power laws, which were previously discussed away by reference to the thermodynamic limit. Our approach proposes a paradigm shift in the physics of complex networks, toward the use of power-law deviations to infer meso-scale structure from macroscopic observations.
SUBMITTER: Lorimer T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4512011 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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