Networks of the Brain

@article{Long2011NetworksOT,
  title={Networks of the Brain},
  author={Donlin M. Long},
  journal={Neurosurgery Quarterly},
  year={2011},
  volume={21},
  pages={144}
}
  • D. Long
  • Published 1 May 2011
  • Art
  • Neurosurgery Quarterly
Models of Network Growth All networks, whether they are social, technological, or biological, are the result of a growth process. Many of these networks continue to grow for prolonged periods of time, continually modifying their connectivity structure throughout their entire existence. For example, the World Wide Web has grown from a small number of cross-linked documents in the early 1 990s to an estimated 30 billion indexed web pages in 2009.3 The extraordinary growth of the Web continues… 
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