... Internet—average degree, creation of nodes and links, and death of nodes and links; (a): mn and medenotes the number of nodes and links added since November, 1997. In general, 1.36 links per new node are ... as the networks aregrowing, the diameter of the BA and GE models increases, while the diameter of the Internet decreases, indicating a growth mechanism that maximizesperformance (minimizing ... characteristics of the Internet;do, Ko and DI Koare defined as the average diameter, K,andDI K of the original networks and df,Kf and DI Kfdenote the diameter, K,andDIK after 10% of the nodes...