Mean-field theory for scale-free random networks

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 272
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 173-187
Citations: 2244
Access: Closed

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                                    Albert‐László Barabási, 
                                
                                    Réka Albert, 
                                
                                    Hawoong Jeong
                                
                            (1999). 
                            Mean-field theory for scale-free random networks. 
                            Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
                            , 272
                            (1-2)
                            , 173-187.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-4371(99)00291-5

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DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4371(99)00291-5