Erdős–Rényi model

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The Erdős–Rényi model is a fundamental random graph model in probability theory and network science, where edges between pairs of nodes are included independently with a fixed probability.

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instanceOf mathematical model
network science concept
probability theory concept
random graph model
alsoKnownAs Bernoulli random graph
Erdős–Rényi random graph
binomial random graph
assumes fixed edge probability
independent edges
no multiple edges
no self-loops
asymptoticDegreeDistribution Poisson distribution for sparse regime
averagePathLength O(log n)
category random graphs
clusteringCoefficient approximately equal to p
connectivityThreshold p ≈ (log n)/n
describes random graphs
edgeCountDistributionInG(n,p) binomial with parameters (n choose 2) and p
edgeInclusion independent for each unordered pair of vertices
edgeProbability p
field graph theory
network science
probability theory
formalizedIn On Random Graphs I
giantComponentThreshold p ≈ 1/n
hasProperty edges are identically distributed
edges are independent
graph is simple
graph is undirected
hasVariant G(n,M) model
G(n,p) model
influenced modern network science
introducedBy Alfréd Rényi
Paul Erdős
linked to: Pál Erdős
introducedIn 1959
namedAfter Alfréd Rényi
Paul Erdős
linked to: Pál Erdős
probabilitySpace set of all simple graphs on n labeled vertices
relatedTo Gilbert model
studiedIn combinatorics
computer science
statistical physics
typicalDegreeDistribution binomial distribution
usedFor benchmarking network algorithms
studying connectivity thresholds
studying degree distributions
studying giant component emergence
studying phase transitions in graphs
vertexCountParameter n

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Alfréd Rényi knownFor Erdős–Rényi model
Alfréd Rényi knownFor Erdős–Rényi random graph
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Pál Erdős knownFor Erdős–Rényi model of random graphs
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Erdős–Rényi model hasVariant G(n,p) model
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Erdős–Rényi model hasVariant G(n,M) model
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Erdős–Rényi model alsoKnownAs Erdős–Rényi random graph
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Erdős–Rényi model alsoKnownAs binomial random graph
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Erdős–Rényi model formalizedIn On Random Graphs I
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Erdős–Rényi model relatedTo Gilbert model
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