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scale-free network: a standalone construct

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scale-freenetwork1 CONSTRUCTScale-free networkBARABÁSI · NETWORK SCIENCE

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a network whose node degrees follow a power law, so a few hubs hold many links while most nodes have few.

In network science, scale-free network refers to a network whose node degrees follow a power law, so a few hubs hold many links while most nodes have few. This meaning comes from Barabási (1999) in Science.[1]

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  1. Barabási, A., & Albert, R. (1999). Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks. Science, 286(5439), 509-512. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.286.5439.509

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