Preferential Attachment

In this class we reviewed the basics tenets of probability and analyzed in detail:

• Barabási-Albert Model
• Non-linear preferential attachment
• Attractiveness Model

References:

1. A.-L. Barabási, R. Albert, "Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks", Science 286, 509 (1999)
2. P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner, and F. Leyvraz, "Connectivity of Growing Random Networks", Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4629 (2000)
3. S. N. Dorogovtsev; J. F. F. Mendes, "Evolution of networks", Advances in Physics 51, 1079 (2002)
4. R. Albert, A.-L. Barabási, "Statistical mechanics of complex networks", Reviews of Modern Physics 74, 47 (2002)

Lecture Notes

Lecture 3 - Preferential Attachment Feb 9, 2011