title: Generating uniformly distributed random networks.
abstract: The analysis of real networks taken from the biological, social, and physical sciences often requires a carefully posed statistical null-hypothesis approach. One common method requires comparing real networks to an ensemble of random matrices that satisfy realistic constraints in which each different matrix member is equiprobable. We discuss existing methods for generating uniformly distributed (constrained) random matrices, describe their shortcomings, and present an efficient technique that should have many practical applications.
authors.affiliation: Biomathematics Unit, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel. artzyra@post.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Artzy-Randrup
authors.forename: Lewi
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authors.lastname: Stone