SIMULATING NETWORK STRUCTURES USING BERNOULLI'S PRINCIPLE

Yicheol Han (), Stephan Goetz, Jeongjae Lee () and Seongsoo Yoon ()
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Yicheol Han: Department of Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea
Jeongjae Lee: Department of Rural Systems Engineering and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea
Seongsoo Yoon: Department of Agricultural and Rural Engineering, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk 361-763, Republic of Korea

Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), 2012, vol. 15, issue 05, 1-14

Abstract: Using the fact that connections between vertices of a network often represent directed and weighted flows, we apply hydraulic principles to develop novel insights into network structure and growth. We develop a network model based on Bernoulli's principle and use it to analyze changes in network properties. Simulation results show that velocity of flow, resistance, fitness and existing connections in a system determine network connections of a vertex as well as overall network structure. We demonstrate how network structure is affected by changes in velocity and resistance, and how one vertex can monopolize connections within a network. Using Bernoulli's principle, we are able to independently reproduce key results in the network literature.

Keywords: Bernoulli's principle; complex networks; network structure; network flow (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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