"The Problem of Action at a Distance in Networks and the Emergence of Preferential Attachment from Triadic Closure" Reply to the editors
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In this paper, we characterise the notion of preferential attachment in networks as action at a distance,
and argue that it can only be an emergent phenomenon – the actual mechanism by which
networks grow always being the closing of triangles. After a review of the concepts of triangle
5 closing and preferential attachment, we present our argument, as well as a simplified model in
which preferential attachment can be derived mathematically from triangle closing. Additionally,
we perform experiments on synthetic graphs to demonstrate the emergence of preferential attachment
in graph growth models based only on triangle closing.
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