The Bak-Sneppen Model on Scale-Free Networks
arXiv:cond-mat/0108494 · doi:10.1209/epl/i2002-00529-8
Abstract
We investigate by numerical simulations and analytical calculations the Bak-Sneppen model for biological evolution in scale-free networks. By using large scale numerical simulations, we study the avalanche size distribution and the activity time behavior at nodes with different connectivities. We argue the absence of a critical barrier and its associated critical behavior for infinite size systems. These findings are supported by a single site mean-field analytic treatment of the model.
5 pages and 3 eps figures. Final version appeared in Europhys. Lett