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diff --git a/doc/ba.1 b/doc/ba.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a226ec3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ba.1 @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +.\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3 +.\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3 +. +.TH "BA" "1" "September 2017" "www.complex-networks.net" "www.complex-networks.net" +. +.SH "NAME" +\fBba\fR \- Grow a Barabasi\-Albert scale\-free random graph +. +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +\fBba\fR \fIN\fR \fIm\fR \fIn0\fR +. +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +\fBba\fR grows an undirected random scale\-free graph with \fIN\fR nodes using the linear preferential attachment model proposed by Barabasi and Albert\. The initial network is a ring of \fIn0\fR nodes, and each new node creates \fIm\fR new edges\. The resulting graph will have a scale\-free degree distribution, whose exponent converges to \fBgamma=3\.0\fR for large \fIN\fR\. +. +.SH "PARAMETERS" +. +.TP +\fIN\fR +Number of nodes of the final graph\. +. +.TP +\fIm\fR +Number of edges created by each new node\. +. +.TP +\fIn0\fR +Number of nodes in the initial (seed) graph\. +. +.SH "OUTPUT" +\fBba\fR prints on STDOUT the edge list of the final graph\. +. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +The following command: +. +.IP "" 4 +. +.nf + + $ ba 10000 3 5 > ba_10000_3_5\.txt +. +.fi +. +.IP "" 0 +. +.P +creates a Barabasi\-Albert scale\-free graph with \fIN=10000\fR nodes, where each new node creates \fIm=3\fR new edges and the initial seed network is a ring of \fIn0=5\fR nodes\. The edge list of the graph is saved in the file \fBba_10000_3_5\.txt\fR (thanks to the redirection operator \fB>\fR)\. +. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +bb_fitness(1), dms(1), bbv(1) +. +.SH "REFERENCES" +. +.IP "\(bu" 4 +A\.\-L\. Barabasi, R\. Albert, "Emergence of scaling in random networks", Science 286, 509\-512 (1999)\. +. +.IP "\(bu" 4 +V\. Latora, V\. Nicosia, G\. Russo, "Complex Networks: Principles, Methods and Applications", Chapter 6, Cambridge University Press (2017) +. +.IP "\(bu" 4 +V\. Latora, V\. Nicosia, G\. Russo, "Complex Networks: Principles, Methods and Applications", Appendix 13, Cambridge University Press (2017) +. +.IP "" 0 +. +.SH "AUTHORS" +(c) Vincenzo \'KatolaZ\' Nicosia 2009\-2017 \fB<v\.nicosia@qmul\.ac\.uk>\fR\. |