An Evolving Network Model Based on a Triangular Connecting Mechanism for the Internet Topology

摘要

Modeling the Internet topology is the basis for developing and utilizing the Internet in a deeper level. Scale-free feature and small-world effect are two most significant characteristics of the Internet. Most existing models make reasonable jobs at catching the former, while they do less well in matching the latter one. For this issue, an evolving network model with a new triangular connecting mechanism was presented. Numerical simulations show that networks generated by the model are consistent with the Internet in many topological properties. This model is suitable for modeling other complex networks as well.