eprintid: 77144 rev_number: 33 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/00/07/71/44 datestamp: 2010-10-17 15:20:39 lastmod: 2021-12-13 01:49:15 status_changed: 2010-10-17 15:20:39 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Zhou, S title: Understanding the evolution dynamics of internet topology ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F48 keywords: Complex Networks note: ©2006 The American Physical Society abstract: The internet structure is extremely complex. The positive-feedback preference (PFP) model is a recently introduced internet topology generator. The model uses two generic algorithms to replicate the evolution dynamics observed on the internet historic data. The phenomenological model was originally designed to match only two topology properties of the internet, i.e., the rich-club connectivity and the exact form of degree distribution, whereas numerical evaluation has shown that the PFP model accurately reproduces a large set of other nontrivial characteristics as well. This paper aims to investigate why and how this generative model captures so many diverse properties of the internet. Based on comprehensive simulation results, the paper presents a detailed analysis on the exact origin of each of the topology properties produced by the model. This work reveals how network evolution mechanisms control the obtained topology properties and it also provides insights on correlations between various structural characteristics of complex networks. date: 2006-07 publisher: AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.016124 vfaculties: VENG oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_source: Web of Science elements_id: 153395 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.016124 language_elements: EN lyricists_name: Zhou, Shi lyricists_id: SZHOU15 full_text_status: public publication: Physical Review E volume: 74 number: 1 article_number: 016124 issn: 1539-3755 citation: Zhou, S; (2006) Understanding the evolution dynamics of internet topology. Physical Review E , 74 (1) , Article 016124. 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.016124 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.016124>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/77144/1/PhysRevE.74.016124.pdf