Power laws and predicting the development of the web
Web Science[1]
In statistics, a power law is a functional relationship between two quantities, where a relative change in one quantity results in a proportional relative change in the other quantity, independent of the initial size of those quantities: one quantity varies as a power of another. [2].
Related to web science (and this article in particular) we imagine for every new web site there is a rise in the total number of new connections. If I have 10 websites, I have a total
| number of websites | total number of possible connections (n*(n-1)/2) |
|---|---|
| 10 | 45 |
| 11 | 50 |
| 12 | 66 |
| 13 | 78 |
| 14 | 91 |
| 15 | 105 |
I don't think we can say this relationship reflects a powerlaw relationship:
Do you understand this?[edit]
Standards[edit]
These standards are used from the IB Computer Science Subject Guide[3]
- Discuss whether power laws are appropriate to predict the development of the web.
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.flaticon.com/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_law
- ↑ IB Diploma Programme Computer science guide (first examinations 2014). Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom: International Baccalaureate Organization. January 2012.