Navigability of Complex Networks

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dc.creatorBoguna, Marian
dc.creatorKrioukov, Dmitri
dc.creatorclaffy, kc
dc.date2007-09-03
dc.date2009-05-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:16:07Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:16:07Z
dc.descriptionRouting information through networks is a universal phenomenon in both natural and manmade complex systems. When each node has full knowledge of the global network connectivity, finding short communication paths is merely a matter of distributed computation. However, in many real networks nodes communicate efficiently even without such global intelligence. Here we show that the peculiar structural characteristics of many complex networks support efficient communication without global knowledge. We also describe a general mechanism that explains this connection between network structure and function. This mechanism relies on the presence of a metric space hidden behind an observable network. Our findings suggest that real networks in nature have underlying metric spaces that remain undiscovered. Their discovery would have practical applications ranging from routing in the Internet and searching social networks, to studying information flows in neural, gene regulatory networks, or signaling pathways.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0303
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0303
dc.identifierNature Physics 5, 74-80 (2009)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1038/NPHYS1130
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/230688
dc.subjectPhysics and Society
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.subjectNetworking and Internet Architecture
dc.titleNavigability of Complex Networks
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