A method for validating Rent’s rule for technological and biological networks

Abstract Rent’s rule is empirical power law introduced in an effort to describe and optimize the wiring complexity of computer logic graphs. It is known that brain and neuronal networks also obey Rent’s rule, which is consistent with the idea that wiring costs play a fundamental role in brain evolut...

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Main Authors: Fernando Alcalde Cuesta, Pablo González Sequeiros, Álvaro Lozano Rojo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05670-w