Random graphs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Newman
Keyword(s):  
Random Graph ◽  
Random Graphs ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Random Network ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Clustering Coefficient ◽  
Giant Component ◽  
Random Graph Model ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Average Size

An introduction to the mathematics of the Poisson random graph, the simplest model of a random network. The chapter starts with a definition of the model, followed by derivations of basic properties like the mean degree, degree distribution, and clustering coefficient. This is followed with a detailed derivation of the large-scale structural properties of random graphs, including the position of the phase transition at which a giant component appears, the size of the giant component, the average size of the small components, and the expected diameter of the network. The chapter ends with a discussion of some of the shortcomings of the random graph model.

The configuration model

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Newman
Keyword(s):  
Degree Sequence ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Network Models ◽  
Clustering Coefficient ◽  
Giant Component ◽  
Configuration Model ◽  
Bipartite Networks ◽  
Small Component ◽  
Random Graph Model ◽  
Average Size

A discussion of the most fundamental of network models, the configuration model, which is a random graph model of a network with a specified degree sequence. Following a definition of the model a number of basic properties are derived, including the probability of an edge, the expected number of multiedges, the excess degree distribution, the friendship paradox, and the clustering coefficient. This is followed by derivations of some more advanced properties including the condition for the existence of a giant component, the size of the giant component, the average size of a small component, and the expected diameter. Generating function methods for network models are also introduced and used to perform some more advanced calculations, such as the calculation of the distribution of the number of second neighbors of a node and the complete distribution of sizes of small components. The chapter ends with a brief discussion of extensions of the configuration model to directed networks, bipartite networks, networks with degree correlations, networks with high clustering, and networks with community structure, among other possibilities.

The Impact of Edge Correlations in Random Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-537
Author(s):  
András Faragó ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Random Graph ◽  
Random Graphs ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Random Networks ◽  
Random Graph Model ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Graph Parameters ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Good Number

Random graphs are frequently used models of real-life random networks. The classical Erdös–Rényi random graph model is very well explored and has numerous nontrivial properties. In particular, a good number of important graph parameters that are hard to compute in the deterministic case often become much easier in random graphs. However, a fundamental restriction in the Erdös–Rényi random graph is that the edges are required to be probabilistically independent. This is a severe restriction, which does not hold in most real-life networks. We consider more general random graphs in which the edges may be dependent. Specifically, two models are analyzed. The first one is called a p-robust random graph. It is defined by the requirement that each edge exist with probability at least p, no matter how we condition on the presence/absence of other edges. It is significantly more general than assuming independent edges existing with probability p, as exemplified via several special cases. The second model considers the case when the edges are positively correlated, which means that the edge probability is at least p for each edge, no matter how we condition on the presence of other edges (but absence is not considered). We prove some interesting, nontrivial properties about both models.

scholarly journals A Note on the Warmth of Random Graphs with Given Expected Degrees

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilun Shang
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Mechanics ◽  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Random Graph ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Random Graphs ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Degree Sequence ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Upper And Lower Bounds ◽  
Random Graph Model

We consider the random graph modelG(w)for a given expected degree sequencew=(w1,w2,…,wn). Warmth, introduced by Brightwell and Winkler in the context of combinatorial statistical mechanics, is a graph parameter related to lower bounds of chromatic number. We present new upper and lower bounds on warmth ofG(w). In particular, the minimum expected degree turns out to be an upper bound of warmth when it tends to infinity and the maximum expected degreem=O(nα)with0<α<1/2.

The Largest Component in Subcritical Inhomogeneous Random Graphs

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
TATYANA S. TUROVA
Keyword(s):  
Random Graph ◽  
Random Graphs ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Exact Formula ◽  
Connected Component ◽  
Subcritical Case ◽  
Random Graph Model ◽  
Asymptotic Size ◽  
Inhomogeneous Random Graphs ◽  
Inhomogeneous Random Graph

We study the ‘rank 1 case’ of the inhomogeneous random graph model. In the subcritical case we derive an exact formula for the asymptotic size of the largest connected component scaled to log n. This result complements the corresponding known result in the supercritical case. We provide some examples of applications of the derived formula.

scholarly journals Analysis of E-Commerce Product Graphs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalin Shah
Keyword(s):  
Random Graph ◽  
Random Graphs ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Real World ◽  
Degree Distribution ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Graph Analysis ◽  
Random Graph Model ◽  
Product Graphs ◽  
Clustering Coefficients

<p>Consumer behavior in retail stores gives rise to product graphs based on copurchasing</p><p>or co-viewing behavior. These product graphs can be analyzed using</p><p>the known methods of graph analysis. In this paper, we analyze the product graph</p><p>at Target Corporation based on the Erd˝os-Renyi random graph model. In particular,</p><p>we compute clustering coefficients of actual and random graphs, and we find that</p><p>the clustering coefficients of actual graphs are much higher than random graphs.</p><p>We conduct the analysis on the entire set of products and also on a per category</p><p>basis and find interesting results. We also compute the degree distribution and</p><p>we find that the degree distribution is a power law as expected from real world</p><p>networks, contrasting with the ER random graph.</p>

scholarly journals Algorithms for generating large-scale clustered random graphs

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHENG WANG ◽  
OMAR LIZARDO ◽  
DAVID HACHEN
Keyword(s):  
Random Graph ◽  
Random Graphs ◽  
Real World ◽  
Local Structure ◽  
Topological Structure ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Random Processes ◽  
Clustering Coefficient ◽  
Computation Efficiency ◽  
Large Scale Networks

AbstractReal-world networks are often compared to random graphs to assess whether their topological structure could be a result of random processes. However, a simple random graph in large scale often lacks social structure beyond the dyadic level. As a result we need to generate clustered random graph to compare the local structure at higher network levels. In this paper a generalized version of Gleeson's algorithm G(VS, VT, ES, ET, S, T) is advanced to generate a clustered random graph in large-scale which persists the number of vertices |V|, the number of edges |E|, and the global clustering coefficient CΔ as in the real network and it works successfully for nine large-scale networks. Our new algorithm also has advantages in randomness evaluation and computation efficiency when compared with the existing algorithms.

scholarly journals Analysis of E-Commerce Product Graphs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalin Shah
Keyword(s):  
Random Graph ◽  
Random Graphs ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Real World ◽  
Degree Distribution ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Graph Analysis ◽  
Random Graph Model ◽  
Product Graphs ◽  
Clustering Coefficients

<p>Consumer behavior in retail stores gives rise to product graphs based on copurchasing</p><p>or co-viewing behavior. These product graphs can be analyzed using</p><p>the known methods of graph analysis. In this paper, we analyze the product graph</p><p>at Target Corporation based on the Erd˝os-Renyi random graph model. In particular,</p><p>we compute clustering coefficients of actual and random graphs, and we find that</p><p>the clustering coefficients of actual graphs are much higher than random graphs.</p><p>We conduct the analysis on the entire set of products and also on a per category</p><p>basis and find interesting results. We also compute the degree distribution and</p><p>we find that the degree distribution is a power law as expected from real world</p><p>networks, contrasting with the ER random graph.</p>

scholarly journals The natural connectivity of colored random graphs

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-202
Author(s):  
YILUN SHANG ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Complex Network ◽  
Random Graph ◽  
Random Graphs ◽  
Graph Model ◽  
Graph Spectrum ◽  
Random Graph Model ◽  
Robustness Measure ◽  
Theoretical Results ◽  
Inhomogeneous Random Graph

The natural connectivity as a robustness measure of complex network has been proposed recently. It can be regarded as the average eigenvalue obtained from the graph spectrum. In this paper, we introduce an inhomogeneous random graph model, G(n, {ci}, {pi}), and investigate its natural connectivity. Binomial random graph ... . Simulations are performed to validate our theoretical results.

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