80 citations · 329 across the 32 of their papers we have counts for
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A mathematical theory of fame
M. V. Simkin, V. P. Roychowdhury
We study empirically how the fame of WWI fighter-pilot aces, measured in numbers of web pages mentioning them, is related to their achievement, measured in numbers of opponent airc…
Preferential survival in models of complex ad hoc networks
Joseph S. Kong, Vwani P. Roychowdhury
There has been a rich interplay in recent years between (i) empirical investigations of real world dynamic networks, (ii) analytical modeling of the microscopic mechanisms that dri…
A theory of web traffic
M. V. Simkin, V. P. Roychowdhury
We analyze access statistics of several popular webpages for a period of several years. The graphs of daily downloads are highly non-homogeneous with long periods of low activity i…
Theory of aces: high score by skill or luck?
M. V. Simkin, V. P. Roychowdhury
We studied the distribution of World War I fighter pilots by the number of victories they were credited with, along with casualty reports. Using the maximum entropy method we obtai…
Let Your CyberAlter Ego Share Information and Manage Spam
Joseph S. Kong, P. Oscar Boykin, Behnam A. Rezaei +2
Almost all of us have multiple cyberspace identities, and these {\em cyber}alter egos are networked together to form a vast cyberspace social network. This network is distinct from…
A mathematical theory of citing
M. V. Simkin, V. P. Roychowdhury
Recently we proposed a model in which when a scientist writes a manuscript, he picks up several random papers, cites them and also copies a fraction of their references (cond-mat/0…