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creators_name: Riccaboni, Massimo
creators_name: Schiavo, Stefano
creators_id: massimo.riccaboni@imtlucca.it
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title: Structure and growth of weighted networks
ispublished: pub
subjects: HB
subjects: QC
divisions: CSA
full_text_status: public
abstract: We develop a simple theoretical framework for the evolution of weighted networks that is consistent with a number of stylized features of real-world data. In our framework, the Barabási–Albert model of network evolution is extended by assuming that link weights evolve according to a geometric Brownian motion. Our model is verified by means of simulations and real-world trade data. We show that the model correctly predicts the intensity and growth distribution of links, the size–variance relationship of the growth of link weights, the relationship between the degree and strength of nodes, and the scale-free structure of the network.
date: 2010
date_type: published
publication: New Journal of Physics
volume: 12
number: 2
publisher: IOPscience
pagerange: 023003
id_number: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/2/023003
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1367-2630
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/12/2/023003
citation:   Riccaboni, Massimo and Schiavo, Stefano  Structure and growth of weighted networks.  New Journal of Physics, 12 (2).  023003.  ISSN 1367-2630      (2010)  
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2186/1/New%20Journal%20of%20Physics_2010_Riccaboni_Schiavo.pdf