Preferential deletion in dynamic models of web-like networks

  • Authors:
  • Narsingh Deo;Aurel Cami

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2632, USA;School of Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-2632, USA

  • Venue:
  • Information Processing Letters
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

In this paper a discrete-time dynamic random graph process is studied that interleaves the birth of nodes and edges with the death of nodes. In this model, at each time step either a new node is added or an existing node is deleted. A node is added with probability p together with an edge incident on it. The node at the other end of this new edge is chosen based on a linear preferential attachment rule. A node (and all the edges incident on it) is deleted with probability q=1-p. The node to be deleted is chosen based on a probability distribution that favors small-degree nodes, in view of recent empirical findings. We analyze the degree distribution of this model and find that the expected fraction of nodes with degree k in the graph generated by this process decreases asymptotically as k^-^1^-^(^2^p^/^2^p^-^1^).