Entropic Dynamics of Networks
Physics and Society
2021-04-29 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Social and Information Networks
Abstract
Here we present the entropic dynamics formalism for networks. That is, a framework for the dynamics of graphs meant to represent a network derived from the principle of maximum entropy and the rate of transition is obtained taking into account the natural information geometry of probability distributions. We apply this framework to the Gibbs distribution of random graphs obtained with constraints on the node connectivity. The information geometry for this graph ensemble is calculated and the dynamical process is obtained as a diffusion equation. We compare the steady state of this dynamics to degree distributions found on real-world networks.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2102.02355,
title = {Entropic Dynamics of Networks},
author = {Felipe Xavier Costa and Pedro Pessoa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.02355},
year = {2021}
}