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Modeling complex networks with self-similar outerplanar unclustered graphs

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  • Comellas, Francesc
  • Miralles, Alicia

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This paper introduces a family of modular, self-similar, small-world graphs with clustering zero. Relevant properties of this family are comparable to those of some networks associated with technological systems with a low clustering, like the power grid or some electronic circuits. Moreover, the graphs are outerplanar and it is know that many algorithms that are NP-complete for general graphs perform polynomial in outerplanar graphs. Therefore the graphs constitute a good mathematical model for these systems.

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  • Comellas, Francesc & Miralles, Alicia, 2009. "Modeling complex networks with self-similar outerplanar unclustered graphs," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 388(11), pages 2227-2233.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:388:y:2009:i:11:p:2227-2233
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.02.004
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