%0 Journal Article %1 Keller2005 %A Keller, Evelyn Fox %D 2005 %I Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company %J Bioessays %K data-analysis graphs networks power-laws scale-free %N 10 %P 1060--1068 %R 10.1002/bies.20294 %T Revisiting ” scale-free” networks %V 27 %X Recent observations of power-law distributions in the connectivity of complex networks came as a big surprise to researchers steeped in the tradition of random networks. Even more surprising was the discovery that power-law distributions also characterize many biological and social networks. Many attributed a deep significance to this fact, inferring a ” universal architecture” of complex systems. Closer examination, however, challenges the assumptions that (1) such distributions are special and (2) they signify a common architecture, independent of the system's specifics. The real surprise, if any, is that power-law distributions are easy to generate, and by a variety of mechanisms. The architecture that results is not universal, but particular; it is determined by the actual constraints on the system in question. BioEssays 27:1060–1068, 2005. \copyright 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

@article{Keller2005, abstract = {Recent observations of power-law distributions in the connectivity of complex networks came as a big surprise to researchers steeped in the tradition of random networks. Even more surprising was the discovery that power-law distributions also characterize many biological and social networks. Many attributed a deep significance to this fact, inferring a ” universal architecture” of complex systems. Closer examination, however, challenges the assumptions that (1) such distributions are special and (2) they signify a common architecture, independent of the system's specifics. The real surprise, if any, is that power-law distributions are easy to generate, and by a variety of mechanisms. The architecture that results is not universal, but particular; it is determined by the actual constraints on the system in question. {BioEssays} 27:1060–1068, 2005. {\copyright} 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.}, added-at = {2011-06-09T18:38:37.000+0200}, author = {Keller, Evelyn Fox}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ee7c9da332b03f7c5871610552c28a25/rincedd}, doi = {10.1002/bies.20294}, interhash = {4ffdf4c006885f2b8ceee8f24210ff0d}, intrahash = {ee7c9da332b03f7c5871610552c28a25}, journal = {Bioessays}, keywords = {data-analysis graphs networks power-laws scale-free}, number = 10, pages = {1060--1068}, publisher = {Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company}, timestamp = {2011-06-09T18:38:37.000+0200}, title = {Revisiting ” scale-free” networks}, volume = 27, year = 2005 }