Degrees in Preferential Attachment Networks with an Anomaly

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Autori principali: Liang, Qiu, van der Hofstad, Remco, Litvak, Nelly
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author Liang, Qiu
van der Hofstad, Remco
Litvak, Nelly
author_facet Liang, Qiu
van der Hofstad, Remco
Litvak, Nelly
contents We consider a preferential attachment model that incorporates an anomaly. Our goal is to understand the evolution of the network before and after the occurrence of the anomaly by studying the influence of the anomaly on the structural properties of the network. The anomaly is such that after its arrival it attracts newly added edges with fixed probability. We investigate the growth of degrees in the network, finding that the anomaly's degree increases almost linearly. We also provide a heuristic derivation for the exponent of the limiting degree distributions of ordinary vertices, and study the degree growth of the oldest vertex. We show that when the anomaly enters early, the degree distribution is altered significantly, while a late anomaly has minimal impact. Our analysis provides deeper insights into the evolution of preferential attachment networks with an anomalous vertex.
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spellingShingle Degrees in Preferential Attachment Networks with an Anomaly
Liang, Qiu
van der Hofstad, Remco
Litvak, Nelly
Physics and Society
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We consider a preferential attachment model that incorporates an anomaly. Our goal is to understand the evolution of the network before and after the occurrence of the anomaly by studying the influence of the anomaly on the structural properties of the network. The anomaly is such that after its arrival it attracts newly added edges with fixed probability. We investigate the growth of degrees in the network, finding that the anomaly's degree increases almost linearly. We also provide a heuristic derivation for the exponent of the limiting degree distributions of ordinary vertices, and study the degree growth of the oldest vertex. We show that when the anomaly enters early, the degree distribution is altered significantly, while a late anomaly has minimal impact. Our analysis provides deeper insights into the evolution of preferential attachment networks with an anomalous vertex.
title Degrees in Preferential Attachment Networks with an Anomaly
topic Physics and Society
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url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03340