Modeling online social networks based on preferential linking

We study the phenomena of preferential linking in a large-scale evolving online social network and find that the linear preference holds for preferential creation, preferential acceptance, and preferential attachment. Based on the linear preference, we propose an analyzable model, which illustrates...

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Published inChinese physics B Vol. 21; no. 11; pp. 573 - 578
Main Author 胡海波 郭进利 陈骏
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.11.2012
Subjects
Attachment
Evolution
Joining
Linking
Macrostructure
Networks
Online
Social networks
在线
基础
建模
社交
网络协议
网络演进
网络连接
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Summary:We study the phenomena of preferential linking in a large-scale evolving online social network and find that the linear preference holds for preferential creation, preferential acceptance, and preferential attachment. Based on the linear preference, we propose an analyzable model, which illustrates the mechanism of network growth and reproduces the process of network evolution. Our simulations demonstrate that the degree distribution of the network produced by the model is in good agreement with that of the real network. This work provides a possible bridge between the micro=mechanisms of network growth and the macrostructures of online social networks.
Bibliography:We study the phenomena of preferential linking in a large-scale evolving online social network and find that the linear preference holds for preferential creation, preferential acceptance, and preferential attachment. Based on the linear preference, we propose an analyzable model, which illustrates the mechanism of network growth and reproduces the process of network evolution. Our simulations demonstrate that the degree distribution of the network produced by the model is in good agreement with that of the real network. This work provides a possible bridge between the micro=mechanisms of network growth and the macrostructures of online social networks.
Hu Hai-Bo, Guo Jin-Li and Chen Jun a） Department of Management, East China University of Science and Technolog~ Shanghai 200237, China b） School of Management, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
online social network, preferential linking, model, power law
11-5639/O4
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ISSN:1674-1056
2058-3834
1741-4199
DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/21/11/118902