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Readings:

L. Adamic, Zipf, Power-laws, and Pareto - a ranking tutorial.
MEJN Section 7: Models of Network Growth
Barabasi, A-L, and R Albert. "Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks." Science. 286. 5439 (1999): 509. (Science subscription required for article)

optional: Albert, Reka, and Albert-Laszlo Barabasi. "Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, Etc. - Topology of Evolving Networks: Local Events and Universality." Physical Review Letters. 85. 24 (2000): 5234.
optional: Pennock, D. M., G. W. Flake, S. Lawrence, E. J. Glover, and C. L. Giles. "Winners Don't Take All: Characterizing the Competition for Links on the Web." PNAS. 99 (2002): 5207-5211.

Demonstration:

Growing networks