Article Dans Une Revue Entropy Année : 2023

A System-Independent Derivation of Preferential Attachment from the Principle of Least Effort

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Preferential attachment (PA) is a widely observed behavior in many living systems and has been used in modeling many networks. The aim of this work is to show that the mechanism of PA is a consequence of the fundamental principle of least effort. We derive PA directly from this principle in maximizing an efficiency function. This approach not only allows a better understanding of the different PA mechanisms already reported but also naturally extends these mechanisms with a non-power law probability of attachment. The possibility of using the efficiency function as a general measure of attachment efficiency is also investigated.

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hal-03977828 , version 1 (07-02-2023)

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François Xavier Machu, Ru Julie Wang, Jean Louis Chen, Jeremy Cocks, Qiuping Alexandre Wang. A System-Independent Derivation of Preferential Attachment from the Principle of Least Effort. Entropy, 2023, 25 (2), pp.305. ⟨10.3390/e25020305⟩. ⟨hal-03977828⟩
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