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Watts–Strogatz model
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<p>The Watts–Strogatz model is a <a href="/facts/Random_graph/gfQhq1Sz">random graph</a> generation model that produces graphs with <a href="/facts/Small-world_network/dALPpt9m">small-world properties</a>, including short <a href="/facts/Average_path_length/kksqv8wG">average path lengths</a> and high <a href="/facts/Clustering_coefficient/yB6Q3gk2">clustering</a>. It was proposed by <a href="/facts/Duncan_J._Watts/mz4DzxgJ">Duncan J. Watts</a> and <a href="/facts/Steven_Strogatz/4WaCyeYL">Steven Strogatz</a> in their article published in 1998 in the <a href="/facts/Nature_(journal)/XmlJXkFx"><i>Nature</i></a> scientific journal. The model also became known as the (Watts) <i>beta</i> model after Watts used β {\displaystyle \beta } to formulate it in his popular science book <i><a href="/facts/Six_Degrees%3a_The_Science_of_a_Connected_Age/dzlGMP2p">Six Degrees</a></i>. </p>