Title
Small world effects in networks: an engineering interpretation
Abstract
In this paper, an engineering interpretation of small world effects in networks is given. After briefly summarizing the main features of small world networks, an attempt is made to investigate the relevance that small world effects can have in communication networks. The aim is that of investigating the relationship between small world behaviour and some of the characteristic parameters associated to the overall performance of the network. It is shown that the performance of a communication network is indeed affected by the presence or absence of small world effects. Namely, the link between these effects and the average throughput and delivery time on the network is established and assessed through numerical simulations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1329130
Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium
Keywords
Field
DocType
network topology,numerical analysis,telecommunication links,telecommunication networks,communication networks,engineering interpretation,numerical simulations,small world effects,small world networks
Telecommunications network,Computer simulation,Computer science,Small-world network,Network topology,Intelligent Network,Throughput,Distributed computing
Conference
Volume
ISBN
Citations 
4
0-7803-8251-X
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.47
2
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
sabato manfredi19214.41
di Bernardo, M.220322.80
Franco Garofalo31019.65