title: Growing dynamics of Internet providers.
abstract: In this paper we present a model for the growth and evolution of Internet providers. The model reproduces the data observed for the Internet connection as probed by tracing routes from different computers. This problem represents a paramount case of study for growth processes in general, but can also help in the understanding the properties of the Internet. Our main result is that this network can be reproduced by a self-organized interaction between users and providers that can rearrange in time. This model can then be considered as a prototype model for the class of phenomena of aggregation processes in social networks.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Physique Théorique, Université de Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capocci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caldarelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pietronero