Empirical study on some interconnecting bilayer networks

TL;DR

This paper investigates bilayer networks with merging nodes, proposing a model that reveals key properties and comparing it with empirical data to enhance understanding of interconnected network structures.

Contribution

It introduces a new model for interconnecting bilayer networks and validates it through empirical observations, providing insights into their structural properties.

Findings

Model reveals important properties of bilayer networks

Empirical data supports the model's predictions

Enhanced understanding of interconnecting nodes in bilayer networks

Abstract

This manuscript serves as an online supplement of a preprint, which presents a study on a kind of bilayer networks where some nodes (called interconnecting nodes) in two layers merge. A model showing an important general property of the bilayer networks is proposed. Then the analytic discussion of the model is compared with empirical conclusions. We present all the empirical observations in this online supplement.