Topological Analysis of the Language Networks of Ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine Books

Table 2

Basic topological characteristics of TCM ancient books.

Book	Average path length (APL)	APL random	value	Average clustering coefficients (ACC)	ACC random	value
ICH	3.036	2.973	<2.23E − 308	0.249	0.0077	<2.23E − 308
CMP	3.590	4.012	<2.23E − 308	0.123	0.0092	7.7E − 71
YJYZ	2.912	2.957	<2.23E − 308	0.297	0.0077	<2.23E − 308
HSZZJ	3.674	3.219	<2.23E − 308	0.097	0.0078	9.44E − 129
YXQY	3.434	3.292	<2.23E − 308	0.140	0.0076	3.7E − 164
WXDY	3.329	2.967	<2.23E − 308	0.154	0.0076	1.9E − 298
TCPD	3.584	3.367	<2.23E − 308	0.119	0.0077	5.06E − 120
SGC	3.548	3.340	<2.23E − 308	0.107	0.0067	3.34E − 127
ZQZSHL	3.199	3.164	2.77E − 167	0.202	0.0074	6.57E − 276
CBZN	3.702	3.509	<2.23E − 308	0.098	0.0073	4.76E − 91
YDXY	3.103	2.847	<2.23E − 308	0.188	0.0075	<2.23E − 308
ZJSY	3.505	3.712	<2.23E − 308	0.135	0.0082	2.03E − 89
A-B CAM	3.096	3.060	<2.23E − 308	0.232	0.0074	<2.23E − 308
ZJZN	3.749	3.472	<2.23E − 308	0.085	0.0069	7.3E − 74
ZJZSJ	3.275	3.062	<2.23E − 308	0.158	0.0077	5.62E − 275
EMM	3.227	2.884	<2.23E − 308	0.154	0.0074	<2.23E − 308
CNCMM	3.327	2.929	<2.23E − 308	0.144	0.0074	<2.23E − 308
SNCMM	3.622	2.935	<2.23E − 308	0.112	0.0076	4.21E − 209
VPE	3.819	3.259	<2.23E − 308	0.078	0.0075	3.66E − 99
BZYBY	3.406	3.064	<2.23E − 308	0.127	0.0075	5.41E − 231
JYF	3.521	3.086	<2.23E − 308	0.106	0.0075	3.49E − 180
BQHB	3.488	3.009	<2.23E − 308	0.116	0.0076	2.49E − 197
SBOC	3.302	3.259	<2.23E − 308	0.158	0.0075	3.06E − 206
CDP	3.143	2.875	<2.23E − 308	0.191	0.0076	<2.23E − 308
BPZNP	3.185	2.831	<2.23E − 308	0.168	0.0073	<2.23E − 308
BPZWP	3.167	2.877	<2.23E − 308	0.159	0.0074	<2.23E − 308
YSML	3.814	3.461	<2.23E − 308	0.086	0.0077	2.05E − 75
GJMYHC	3.043	2.932	<2.23E − 308	0.244	0.0072	<2.23E − 308
MCB A-M	2.727	2.767	<2.23E − 308	0.319	0.0075	<2.23E − 308
EM	2.843	2.795	<2.23E − 308	0.270	0.0075	<2.23E − 308

t-test was used to compare the real and random measures.