
Research Article
A Novel Measurement of Structure Properties in Complex Networks
- @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-02469-6_10, author={Yanni Han and Jun Hu and Deyi Li and Shuqing Zhang}, title={A Novel Measurement of Structure Properties in Complex Networks}, proceedings={Complex Sciences. First International Conference, Complex 2009, Shanghai, China, February 23-25, 2009, Revised Papers, Part 2}, proceedings_a={COMPLEX PART 2}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={topology potential potential distribution complex network degree betweenness}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-02469-6_10} }
- Yanni Han
 Jun Hu
 Deyi Li
 Shuqing Zhang
 Year: 2012
 A Novel Measurement of Structure Properties in Complex Networks
 COMPLEX PART 2
 Springer
 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02469-6_10
Abstract
Traditional measurements provide an effective tool to study the complex large systems in the real world. These global quantities only analyze the general statistical properties and interconnectivity structure of the entire network. However the complicated interactions among the locals are indeed the origin to emergent complex behavior. So in this paper we present a new measurement to reveal the local structure properties - topology potential, which reflects the differential position of each node in the topology. It is flexible by adjusting the influence factor. We demonstrate our measurement in US politics books network. Experiments confirm that topology potential has inherently implied the traditional measurements to some extent.


