Nonlinear preferential rewiring in fixed-size networks as a diffusion process
Nonlinear preferential rewiring in fixed-size networks as a diffusion process
We present an evolving network model in which the total numbers of nodes and edges are conserved, but in which edges are continuously rewired according to nonlinear preferential detachment and reattachment. Assuming power-law kernels with exponents alpha and beta, the stationary states the degree distributions evolve towards exhibit a second …