An integrated model of traffic, geography and economy in the internet

Authored by Petter Holme, Stephanie Forrest, Josh Karlin

Date Published: 2008-07

Sponsors: Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (PH) United States National Science Foundation (NSF)

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Model Documentation: Other Narrative

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Abstract

Modeling Internet growth is important both for understanding the current network and to predict and improve its future. To date, Internet models have typically attempted to explain a subset of the following characteristics: network structure, traffic flow, geography, and economy. In this paper we present a discrete, agent-based model, that integrates all of them. We show that the model generates networks with topologies, dynamics, and more speculatively spatial distributions that are similar to the Internet.

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Agent-based model Complex networks networks Emergent properties Internet autonomous system mechanistic model time evolution