Functional complexity measure for networks

Hildegard Meyer-Ortmanns

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004, vol. 337, issue 3, 679-690

Abstract: We propose a complexity measure which addresses the functional flexibility of networks. It is conjectured that the functional flexibility is reflected in a specific topological “diversity” of the assigned graphs, resulting from a resolution of their vertices and a rewiring of their edges under certain constraints. The application will be a classification of networks in artificial or biological systems, where functionality plays a central role.

Keywords: Networks; Complexity measure; Functional complexity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.01.061

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