Modeling interacting dynamic networks: I. Preferred degree networks and their characteristics

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2013/08/P08001zbMATH Open1456.82416arXiv1307.7094OpenAlexW2065118416MaRDI QIDQ3301655FDOQ3301655

Shivakumar Jolad, R. K. P. Zia, Wenjia Liu, B. Schmittmann

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study a simple model of dynamic networks, characterized by a set preferred degree, $kappa$. Each node with degree $k$ attempts to maintain its $kappa$ and will add (cut) a link with probability $w(k;kappa)$ ($1-w(k;kappa)$). As a starting point, we consider a homogeneous population, where each node has the same $kappa$, and examine several forms of $w(k;kappa)$, inspired by Fermi-Dirac functions. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we find the degree distribution in steady state. In contrast to the well-known ErdH{o}s-R'{e}nyi network, our degree distribution is not a Poisson distribution; yet its behavior can be understood by an approximate theory. Next, we introduce a second preferred degree network and couple it to the first by establishing a controllable fraction of inter-group links. For this model, we find both understandable and puzzling features. Generalizing the prediction for the homogeneous population, we are able to explain the total degree distributions well, but not the intra- or inter-group degree distributions. When monitoring the total number of inter-group links, $X$, we find very surprising behavior. $X$ explores almost the full range between its maximum and minimum allowed values, resulting in a flat steady-state distribution, reminiscent of a simple random walk confined between two walls. Both simulation results and analytic approaches will be discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.7094

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces (60J28) Stochastic analysis in statistical mechanics (82M60) Stochastic methods applied to problems in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B31)

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