পদ্ধতির তুলনা করুন

	Small-World and Scale-Free Network Analysis	Exponential Random Graph Model (ERGM / p*)
ক্ষেত্র	নেটওয়ার্ক বিশ্লেষণ	নেটওয়ার্ক বিশ্লেষণ
পরিবার	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
উদ্ভবের বছর	1998 (small-world); 1999 (scale-free)	1986 (foundational); modern ERGM framework 1996–2007
প্রবর্তক	—	Frank & Strauss (1986); extended by Wasserman & Pattison (1996) and Robins et al. (2007)
ধরন	Descriptive / exploratory network analysis	Probabilistic generative network model
মৌলিক উৎস	Watts, D.J. & Strogatz, S.H. (1998). Collective Dynamics of 'Small-World' Networks. Nature, 393(6684), 440-442.	Robins, G., Pattison, P., Kalish, Y., & Lusher, D. (2007). An introduction to exponential random graph (p*) models for social networks. Social Networks, 29(2), 173-191.
অপর নাম	Küçük Dünya ve Ölçek-Bağımsız Ağ Analizi, small-world network, scale-free network, preferential attachment analysis	ERGM, p-star model, p* model, Üstel Rastgele Graf Modeli (ERGM / p*)
সম্পর্কিত	9	6
সারসংক্ষেপ	Small-world and scale-free network analysis tests whether a real-world network exhibits two landmark topological signatures identified in 1998-1999: the Watts-Strogatz small-world property (high local clustering combined with short average path lengths) and the Barabási-Albert scale-free property (a degree distribution that follows a power law, meaning a small number of hubs connect to a disproportionately large share of other nodes). Together these frameworks transformed network science by showing that many social, biological, and technological networks share a common structural grammar.	The Exponential Random Graph Model (ERGM), also known as the p* model, is a statistical framework for network analysis that models the probability of an observed network as a function of its local structural features — such as reciprocity, triangles, and degree distribution. Developed from the foundational work of Frank and Strauss (1986) and extended into the modern framework by Wasserman and Pattison (1996) and Robins et al. (2007), ERGM is the inferential standard for social network analysis, capable of testing whether observed network structures arise by chance or reflect genuine social processes.