Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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978072 | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We review recent findings of self-similarity in complex networks. Using the box-covering technique, it was shown that many networks present a fractal behavior, which is seemingly in contrast to their small-world property. Moreover, even non-fractal networks have been shown to present a self-similar picture under renormalization of the length scale. These results have an important effect in our understanding of the evolution and behavior of such systems. A large number of network properties can now be described through a set of simple scaling exponents, in analogy with traditional fractal theory.
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Authors
Lazaros K. Gallos, Chaoming Song, Hernán A. Makse,