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CY
Sep 29, 2009, 6:00:26 AM9/29/09
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What does the term "scale" mean? The size of network?
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Sep 29, 2009, 9:20:03 AM9/29/09
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"Scale free" indicates that there is no characteristic length in the
system, aside from the actual size of the system. Consequently in a
scale-free, such as a fractal, network you would not
use the terms "big" or "small", for you would have no answer to the
question: big or small compared to what? A characteristic hallmark of
scale-free network is that plots
of properties of the system, against length, exhibit power-law dependences
on length.
system, aside from the actual size of the system. Consequently in a
scale-free, such as a fractal, network you would not
use the terms "big" or "small", for you would have no answer to the
question: big or small compared to what? A characteristic hallmark of
scale-free network is that plots
of properties of the system, against length, exhibit power-law dependences
on length.
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