The degree distribution resulting from the BA model is scale free, in particular, it is a power law of the form:
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BA模型得到的度分布是无标度的,特别是它的形式是幂律:
: <math>P(k)\sim k^{-3} \, </math>
: <math>P(k)\sim k^{-3} \, </math>
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Hubs exhibit high betweenness centrality which allows short paths to exist between nodes. As a result, the BA model tends to have very short average path lengths. The clustering coefficient of this model also tends to 0.
While the diameter, D, of many models including the Erdős Rényi random graph model and several small world networks is proportional to log N, the BA model exhibits D~loglogN (ultrasmall world).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=R. |title=Scale-free networks are ultrasmall|journal=Phys. Rev. Lett.|year=2003|volume=90|pages=058701|url=http://havlin.biu.ac.il/Publications.php?keyword=Scale-free+networks+are+ultrasmall&year=*&match=all|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.058701|pmid=12633404|first2=S.|last2=Havlin|issue=5|bibcode=2003PhRvL..90e8701C |arxiv=cond-mat/0205476}}</ref>