Local clustering coefficients in preferential attachment models

Abstract

The local clustering coefficients of preferential attachment models are analyzed. Previously, a general approach to preferential attachment was proposed (the PA-class was introduced); it was shown that the degree distribution in all models of the PA-class obeys a power law. The global clustering coefficient was also analyzed, and a lower bound for the mean local clustering coefficient was found. In the paper, new results are obtained by analyzing the local clustering coefficients of models of the PA-class. Namely, the behavior of the mean value C₂(n, d) of local clustering over vertices of degree d is studied.