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Survey on Fractality in Complex Networks

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Recent Developments in Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 752))

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The fractal property is considered as the third fundamental property of complex networks; its research has both rich theoretical value and practical significance. This paper reviews the research results of fractal network from three aspects: the origins of fractality, the algorithms for fractality, and the influence of fractality in complex networks; some of these algorithms are described in detail. Finally, the paper concludes and looks forward to the possible research focuses for fractal networks in the future.

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Acknowledgements

This work is partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61162002, 61661037), the Jiangxi Province National Natural Science Foundation of China (20151BAB207038), and the Nanchang Hangkong University Graduate Innovation Special Foundation (YC2017023).

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    Yi Huang, Sheng Zhang, Ming-hui Yao & Yu Wang

  2. School of Foreign Language, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, 330063, China

    Xiao-ling Bao

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Huang, Y., Zhang, S., Bao, Xl., Yao, Mh., Wang, Y. (2019). Survey on Fractality in Complex Networks. In: Patnaik, S., Jain, V. (eds) Recent Developments in Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 752. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8944-2_78

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