相较于[[网络科学]]中对一般图的研究,有向无环图的独特性质可以被用来作深层次分析。例如,传递规约可以呈现引用在不同应用领域的分布情况,这突出了不同领域中不同的引用网构造机制。<ref>{{citation | last1 = Clough | first1 = James R. | last2 = Gollings | first2 = Jamie | last3 = Loach | first3 = Tamar V. | last4 = Evans | first4 = Tim S. | doi = 10.1093/comnet/cnu039 | issue = 2 | journal = Journal of Complex Networks | pages = 189–203 | title = Transitive reduction of citation networks | volume = 3| arxiv = 1310.8224 | year = 2015 }}.</ref>引用图的衍生概念还有<font color="#ff8000"> '''主干道路分析 Main path analysis''' </font>,即对引用图中最显著的一条路径的分析。 | 相较于[[网络科学]]中对一般图的研究,有向无环图的独特性质可以被用来作深层次分析。例如,传递规约可以呈现引用在不同应用领域的分布情况,这突出了不同领域中不同的引用网构造机制。<ref>{{citation | last1 = Clough | first1 = James R. | last2 = Gollings | first2 = Jamie | last3 = Loach | first3 = Tamar V. | last4 = Evans | first4 = Tim S. | doi = 10.1093/comnet/cnu039 | issue = 2 | journal = Journal of Complex Networks | pages = 189–203 | title = Transitive reduction of citation networks | volume = 3| arxiv = 1310.8224 | year = 2015 }}.</ref>引用图的衍生概念还有<font color="#ff8000"> '''主干道路分析 Main path analysis''' </font>,即对引用图中最显著的一条路径的分析。 |