Open AccessResearch on the evolution process of virtual community networks
Author(s) -
Zhang Li,
Y. Liu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.57.5419
Subject(s) - computer science , node (physics) , the internet , degree (music) , process (computing) , scale free network , degree distribution , evolving networks , complex network , joint (building) , preferential attachment , distributed computing , world wide web , architectural engineering , physics , structural engineering , acoustics , engineering , operating system
We investigate and simulate the evolution process and topological features of the virtual community networks.We founded that the joint of nodes, joint of edges, networks’ degree distribution, average degree and the correlation between the node’s degree and its time in the network are different from the scale-free network model.With statistics and analysis of some of the characteristics of an actual Internet forum, we propose a new network evolution algorithm, namely the virtual community network construction algorithm.The simulation results show that the networks generated from our algorithm has the same characteristics as the real virtual community networks.