Research Article

Nonpreferential Attachment Leads to Scale-Free or Not

Table 1

Comparisons of average path length between real networks and simulation networks.

NetworkN<k>L(real)L(model)

Dolphins [49]625.129033.454332.7345
Gene fusion [50]2911.917533.871394.0270
Yeast [51]18702.435297.069748.2569
Route views [15]64744.292553.666865.5543
Sister cities [46]142742.882587.653927.2581
Network science [52]14613.753596.285285.0790
Food web [53]18327.25682.127821.9885
Political blogs [54]122454.62422.746672.1063
Infectious [55]41084.38051.783971.7953