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The Emergence of Informative Higher Scales in Complex Networks
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-04-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The connectivity of a network contains information about the relationships between nodes, which can denote interactions, associations, or dependencies.
We show that this information can be analyzed by measuring the uncertainty (and certainty) contained in paths along nodes and links in a network.
Specifically, we derive from first principles a measure known as effective information and describe its behavior in common network models.
Networks with higher effective information contain more information in the relationships between nodes.
We show how subgraphs of nodes can be grouped into macronodes, reducing the size of a network while increasing its effective information (a phenomenon known as causal emergence).
We find that informative higher scales are common in simulated and real networks across biological, social, informational, and technological domains.
These results show that the emergence of higher scales in networks can be directly assessed and that these higher scales offer a way to create certainty out of uncertainty.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Klein, Brennan& Hoel, Erik. 2020. The Emergence of Informative Higher Scales in Complex Networks. Complexity،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Klein, Brennan& Hoel, Erik. The Emergence of Informative Higher Scales in Complex Networks. Complexity No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1145278
American Medical Association (AMA)
Klein, Brennan& Hoel, Erik. The Emergence of Informative Higher Scales in Complex Networks. Complexity. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1145278
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1145278