A System-Independent Derivation of Preferential Attachment from the Principle of Least Effort

Preferential attachment (PA) is a widely observed behavior in many living systems and has been used in modeling many networks. The aim of this work is to show that the mechanism of PA is a consequence of the fundamental principle of least effort. We derive PA directly from this principle in maximizi...

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Main Authors: François Xavier Machu, Ru Julie Wang, Jean Louis Cheng, Jeremy Cocks, Qiuping Alexandre Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/2/305