Title :
Complex network demonstration: Topology of instant communication systems
Author :
Yan, Qiang ; Shu, Huaying ; Huang, Xiaoyan ; Zhang, Xicheng
Author_Institution :
Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing
Abstract :
ICS have become very popular communication tolls nowadays. They can provide instant, multi-directed and multi-types of communications which makes the message spreading in ICS different from those in WWW, Blog and email systems. Groups have great impacts on message spreading in ICS. The research demonstrates the power law distribution of groups in MSN with parameter Upsi ranging from 0.76 to 1.22. User topology is discussed based on an online survey. According to the result, degree distribution of users has a peak value and doesn´t present power law character. This may indicate that social networks should be a prospective direction for the research on ICS topology.
Keywords :
electronic messaging; telecommunication network topology; instant communication systems; power law distribution; user topology; Communication systems; Complex networks; IP networks; Information services; Internet; Network topology; Social network services; Space technology; Web sites; World Wide Web;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2007. ISIC. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0990-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0991-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2007.4413778
