Network model with synchronously increasing nodes and edges based on Web 2.0

Abstract

We investigate the growing process and topological features of Web 2.0 networks. By analyzing the network's degree distribution, average degree and time evolution of the node degree of an actual blog on portal website, we found these properties are different from those of the former scale-free network models. According to the growth characteristics of actual networks, we put forward a new type of network with synchronously increasing nodes and edges, including construction algorithms of randomly linking and connection between close neighbours. The simulation results show that the networks generated from our model have power-law degree distribution in case of absence of the preferential attachment process, and the clustering coefficient increases and the connectivity correlations are assortative. Show more