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Degree-distribution stability of scale-free networks

Probability 2008-05-13 v1 General Mathematics

Abstract

Based on the concept and techniques of first-passage probability in Markov chain theory, this letter provides a rigorous proof for the existence of the steady-state degree distribution of the scale-free network generated by the Barabasi-Albert (BA) model, and mathematically re-derives the exact analytic formulas of the distribution. The approach developed here is quite general, applicable to many other scale-free types of complex networks.

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@article{arxiv.0805.1434,
  title  = {Degree-distribution stability of scale-free networks},
  author = {Zhenting Hou and Xiangxing Kong and Dinghua Shi and Guanrong Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.1434},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4+9 pages without figures

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