A closely related model, the Erdős–Rényi model denoted G(n,M), assigns equal probability to all graphs with exactly M edges. With 0 ≤ M ≤ N, G(n,M) has <math>\tbinom{N}{M}</math> elements and every element occurs with probability <math>1/\tbinom{N}{M}</math>. The latter model can be viewed as a snapshot at a particular time (M) of the random graph process <math>\tilde{G}_n</math>, which is a stochastic process that starts with n vertices and no edges, and at each step adds one new edge chosen uniformly from the set of missing edges. | A closely related model, the Erdős–Rényi model denoted G(n,M), assigns equal probability to all graphs with exactly M edges. With 0 ≤ M ≤ N, G(n,M) has <math>\tbinom{N}{M}</math> elements and every element occurs with probability <math>1/\tbinom{N}{M}</math>. The latter model can be viewed as a snapshot at a particular time (M) of the random graph process <math>\tilde{G}_n</math>, which is a stochastic process that starts with n vertices and no edges, and at each step adds one new edge chosen uniformly from the set of missing edges. |