Xu, Xinping; Liu, Feng; Liu, Lianshou - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 356 (2005) 2, pp. 662-670
The network properties of a graph ensemble subject to the constraints imposed by the expected degree sequence are studied. It is found that the linear preferential attachment is a fundamental rule, as it keeps the maximal entropy in sparse growing networks. This provides theoretical evidence in...