SOME NODE DEGREE PROPERTIES OF SERIES–PARALLEL GRAPHS EVOLVING UNDER A STOCHASTIC GROWTH MODEL

We introduce a natural growth model for directed series-parallel (SP) graphs and look at some of the graph properties under this stochastic model. Specifically, we look at the degrees of certain types of nodes in the random SP graph. We examine the degree of a pole and will find its exact distribution, given by a probability formula with alternating signs. We also prove that, for a fixed value s, the number of nodes of outdegree 1, …, s asymptotically has a joint multivariate normal distribution. Pólya urns will systematically provide a working tool.