Scale-free networks from a Hamiltonian dynamics

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2003 Oct;68(4 Pt 2):047103. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.047103. Epub 2003 Oct 10.

Abstract

Contrary to many recent models of growing networks, we present a model with fixed number of nodes and links, where a dynamics favoring the formation of links between nodes with degree of connectivity as different as possible is introduced. By applying a local rewiring move, the network reaches equilibrium states assuming broad degree distributions, which have a power-law form in an intermediate range of the parameters used. Interestingly, in the same range we find nontrivial hierarchical clustering.