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Networks and Heavy-Tailed Degree Distributions 2
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Wang, Tiandong Davis, Richard I. A. Resnick, Sidney |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Abstract. Preferential attachment is an appealing edge generating mechanism for modeling social networks. It provides both an intuitive description of network growth and an explanation for the observed power laws in degree distributions. However, there are often limitations in fitting parametric network models to data due to the complex nature of real-world networks. In this paper, we consider a semi-parametric estimation approach by looking at only the nodes with large inor out-degrees of the network. This method examines the tail behavior of both the marginal and joint degree distributions and is based on extreme value theory. We compare it with the existing parametric approaches and demonstrate how it can provide more robust estimates of parameters associated with the network when the data are corrupted or when the model is misspecified. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://export.arxiv.org/pdf/1712.07166 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
