Models of the Small World: A Review
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Abstract
It is believed that almost any pair of people in the world can be connected to one another by a short chain of intermediate acquaintances, of typical length about six. This phenomenon, colloquially referred to as the ``six degrees of separation,'' has been the subject of considerable recent interest within the physics community. This paper provides a short review of the topic.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0001118,
title = {Models of the Small World: A Review},
author = {M. E. J. Newman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0001118},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
9 pages including 3 postscript figures, bibliography updated and minor corrections to text in this version