Quantifying the connectivity of a network: the network correlation function method.

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Summary

This paper quantifies the correlations between all pairs of nodes in the network, and expresses them as matrix elements in the correlation matrix, and distinguishes between a topological small world and a functional small world, where the latter is characterized by long-range correlations and high connectivity.

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2009-10-07
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Keywords

Average path length, Topology (electrical circuits), Small-world network, Clustering coefficient, Biological network

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