Network systems in which the total number of nodes obtained on successive steps appears to vary in a largely random way forever. About one in 10,000 randomly chosen network systems seem to exhibit the kind of behavior shown here.
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Network systems in which the total number of nodes obtained on successive steps appears to vary in a largely random way forever. About one in 10,000 randomly chosen network systems seem to exhibit the kind of behavior shown here.
From Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind of Science [citation]