A knowledge generation model via the hypernetwork

PLoS One. 2014 Mar 13;9(3):e89746. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089746. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

The influence of the statistical properties of the network on the knowledge diffusion has been extensively studied. However, the structure evolution and the knowledge generation processes are always integrated simultaneously. By introducing the Cobb-Douglas production function and treating the knowledge growth as a cooperative production of knowledge, in this paper, we present two knowledge-generation dynamic evolving models based on different evolving mechanisms. The first model, named "HDPH model," adopts the hyperedge growth and the hyperdegree preferential attachment mechanisms. The second model, named "KSPH model," adopts the hyperedge growth and the knowledge stock preferential attachment mechanisms. We investigate the effect of the parameters (α,β) on the total knowledge stock of the two models. The hyperdegree distribution of the HDPH model can be theoretically analyzed by the mean-field theory. The analytic result indicates that the hyperdegree distribution of the HDPH model obeys the power-law distribution and the exponent is γ = 2 + 1/m. Furthermore, we present the distributions of the knowledge stock for different parameters (α,β). The findings indicate that our proposed models could be helpful for deeply understanding the scientific research cooperation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Access to Information
  • Algorithms
  • Communication
  • Computer Simulation
  • Information Dissemination
  • Knowledge*
  • Learning*
  • Models, Statistical
  • Probability
  • Publications
  • Science / methods

Grants and funding

This work supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91024026, 71071098, 71171136), Shanghai Leading Scientific Project (Grant NO. XTKX2012). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.