How can say something about networks that seem random? How do the variety of networks from the internet to cellular networks relate?
Eros and Reyni outlined the fundamental mathematics of a “random network” in their 1959 paper “On Random Graphs”. The assumption and results span by this theory does however not adhere to practical networks, such as the internet, relationships between celebrities and protein-genetic networks. Albert-Laszio Barabasi outlines why in The Architecture of Complexity – showing that certain prominent elements will always guide the network and hence formulate how relationships are produced. Further – when new elements may also push themselves forward rapidly to completely change the architecture of the network – such as google.