title: A coevolving model based on preferential triadic closure for social media networks.
abstract: The dynamical origin of complex networks, i.e., the underlying principles governing network evolution, is a crucial issue in network study. In this paper, by carrying out analysis to the temporal data of Flickr and Epinions-two typical social media networks, we found that the dynamical pattern in neighborhood, especially the formation of triadic links, plays a dominant role in the evolution of networks. We thus proposed a coevolving dynamical model for such networks, in which the evolution is only driven by the local dynamics-the preferential triadic closure. Numerical experiments verified that the model can reproduce global properties which are qualitatively consistent with the empirical observations.
authors: Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai. 200241, P. R. China.
authors: Menghui
authors: M
authors: Li
authors: Hailin
authors: H
authors: Zou
authors: Shuguang
authors: S
authors: Guan
authors: Xiaofeng
authors: X
authors: Gong
authors: Kun
authors: K
authors: Li
authors: Zengru
authors: Z
authors: Di
authors: Choy-Heng
authors: CH
authors: Lai
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D061108:Social Media
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