# gst: the strangeness of networks, the hypothesis of a connection between the kinetics of networks and anomalous transport theory.

<< Many real-world networks change over time. Think, for example, of social interactions, gene activation in a cell, or strategy making in financial markets, where connections and disconnections occur all the time. >>

AA team << has gained groundbreaking insights into this problem by recasting the discrete dynamics of a network as a continuous time series (..). In doing so, the researchers have discovered that if the breaking and forming of links are represented as a particle moving in a suitable geometric space, then its motion is subdiffusive—that is, slower than it would be if it diffused normally. What’s more, the particles’ motions are well described by fractional Brownian motion, a generalization of Einstein’s classic model. This feat establishes a profound connection between the kinetics of time-varying or “temporal” networks and anomalous transport theory, opening fresh prospects for developing predictive equations of motion for networks. >>️

Ivan Bonamassa. Strange Kinetics Shape Network Growth. Physics 17, 96. Jun 17, 2024.

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v17/96

Evangelos S. Papaefthymiou, Costas Iordanou, Fragkiskos Papadopoulos. Fundamental Dynamics of Popularity-Similarity Trajectories in Real Networks. Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 257401. Jun 17, 2024. 

https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.257401

Also: network, transition, in https://www.inkgmr.net/kwrds.html 

Keywords: gst, network, transition