Methods

To evaluate this hypothesis, we measured a set of metrics on three classes of networks, artificial networks in the form of ANNs, natural occurring networks and randomly generated networks.

Measured Metrics

Betweenness Centrality

Betweenness centrality measures the number of geodesic paths that flow through a particular node.  This measure is analogous to the the amount of bottlenecking is caused by the node. This metric is defined by the following equation: