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Efficiency of informational transfer in regular and complex networks
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We analyze the process of informational exchange through complex networks by measuring network efficiencies. Aiming to study nonclustered systems, we propose a modification of this measure on the local level. We apply this method to an extension of the class of small worlds that includes declustered networks and show that they are locally quite efficient, although their clustering coefficient is practically zero. Unweighted systems with small-world and scale-free topologies are shown to be both globally and locally efficient. Our method is also applied to characterize weighted networks. In particular we examine the properties of underground transportation systems of Madrid and Barcelona and reinterpret the results obtained for the Boston subway network.
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VRAGOVIC, Igor, LOUIS, E. and DÍAZ GUILERA, Albert. Efficiency of informational transfer in regular and complex networks. Physical Review E. 2005. Vol. 71, num. 3, pags. 036122-1-036122-9. ISSN 1063-651X. [consulted: 15 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/18850