Systems biology beyond degree, hubs and scale-free networks: the case for multiple metrics in complex networks

摘要

Modeling and topological analysis of networks in biological and other complexsystems, must venture beyond the limited consideration of very few networkmetrics like degree, betweenness or assortativity. A proper identification ofinformative and redundant entities from many different metrics, using recentlydemonstrated techniques, is essential. A holistic comparison of networks andgrowth models is best achieved only with the use of such methods.