This week’s reading is about 80/20 rule. 80/20 rule has several important features. These features play a key role in understanding complex networks well. ‘Our measurement indicated that the distribution of incoming links on Webpages followed a power law with a unique and well-defined degree exponent.’ It is usually protected by powerful laws and It does not apply to everything. In this random universe, plenty of webpage creator work together to generate the complex network environment.

Reference: Barabási, Albert-László 2002,“The 80/30 Rule”. Linked: The New Science of Networks. Cambridge (MA): Perseus, Print..

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