In the directed configuration model, the degree of a node is given by two numbers, in-degree <math>k_\text{in}</math> and out-degree <math>k_\text{out}</math>, and consequently, the degree distribution is two-variate. The expected number of in-edges and out-edges coincides, so that <math display="inline">\mathbb E [k_\text{in}]=\mathbb E [k_\text{out}]</math>. The directed configuration model contains the [[giant component]] iff<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kryven|first=Ivan|date=2016-07-27|title=Emergence of the giant weak component in directed random graphs with arbitrary degree distributions|journal=Physical Review E|volume=94|issue=1|pages=012315|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.94.012315|pmid=27575156|arxiv=1607.03793|bibcode=2016PhRvE..94a2315K}}</ref><math display="block">2\mathbb{E}[k_\text{in}] | In the directed configuration model, the degree of a node is given by two numbers, in-degree <math>k_\text{in}</math> and out-degree <math>k_\text{out}</math>, and consequently, the degree distribution is two-variate. The expected number of in-edges and out-edges coincides, so that <math display="inline">\mathbb E [k_\text{in}]=\mathbb E [k_\text{out}]</math>. The directed configuration model contains the [[giant component]] iff<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kryven|first=Ivan|date=2016-07-27|title=Emergence of the giant weak component in directed random graphs with arbitrary degree distributions|journal=Physical Review E|volume=94|issue=1|pages=012315|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.94.012315|pmid=27575156|arxiv=1607.03793|bibcode=2016PhRvE..94a2315K}}</ref><math display="block">2\mathbb{E}[k_\text{in}] |