Clicking onto the Web’s patterns - References and Sources, Science News Online (9/25/99)

Clicking onto the Web’s patterns

The World Wide Web has a remarkably predictable structure, despite its apparently haphazard, unregulated growth.

References:

Albert, R., H. Jeong, and A.-L. Barabási. 1999. Diameter of the World-Wide Web. Nature 401(Sept. 9):130. Also available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/9907038.

Huberman, B.A., and L.A. Adamic. 1999. Growth dynamics of the World-Wide Web. Nature 401(Sept. 9):131.

Further Readings:

Lawrence, S., and C.L. Giles. 1999. Accessibility of information on the web. Nature 400(July 8):107.

Peterson, I. 1999. Diagnosing the Internet’s ills. Science News 155(Jan. 16):37.

______. 1998. Close connections. Science News 154(Aug. 22):124.

Additional information about studies of Internet ecologies, conducted at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, can be found at http://www.parc.xerox.com/spl/groups/dynamics/dynamics.shtml.

Sources:

Lada A. Adamic
Internet Ecologies Group
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Web site: http://www.parc.xerox.com/spl/groups/dynamics/dynamics.shtml

Albert-László Barabási
Department of Physics
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Web site: http://www.chem.nd.edu/physics/faculty/barabasi.html