CSSS 2008 Beijing-Readings-Week-Two

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Aaron Clauset: Power laws, Networks and Inference

The following references cover background material for the three lectures.

• "The Structure and function of complex networks." M. E. J. Newman, SIAM Review 45, 167-256 (2003)
• "Power-law distributions in empirical data." A. Clauset, C. R. Shalizi and M. E. J. Newman. arXiv:0706.1062 (2007).

DI Zhengru

Introduction to Weighted Networks

Background Reading

• Ying Fan, Menghui Li, Peng Zhang, Jinshan Wub, Zengru Di, Accuracy and precision of methods for community identification in weighted networks. Physica A 377 (2007) 363­372.