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Luck or reason

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  • Albert-László Barabási

    (Albert-László Barabási is at the Center for Complex Network Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.)

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The concept of preferential attachment is behind the hubs and power laws seen in many networks. New results fuel an old debate about its origin, and beg the question of whether it is based on randomness or optimization. See Letter p.537

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  • Albert-László Barabási, 2012. "Luck or reason," Nature, Nature, vol. 489(7417), pages 507-508, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:489:y:2012:i:7417:d:10.1038_nature11486
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11486
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