Towards a redefinition of time in information networks?

Authors:
Sébastien Heymann;Bénédicte Le Grand
Affiliations:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France;Université Paris 1 Panthéon -- Sorbonne, Paris, France
Venue:
Proceedings of the 5th Annual ACM Web Science Conference
Year:
2013

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Abstract

How should we characterize the dynamics of the Web? Whereas network maps have contributed to a redefinition of distances and space in information networks, current studies still use a traditional time unit -the second- to understand the temporality of the Web. This unit leads to the observation of exogenous phenomena like day-night patterns. In order to capture the intrinsic dynamics of the network, we introduce an innovative -yet simple- concept of time which relies on the measure of changes in the network space. We demonstrate its practical interest on the evolution of the Github social network.