期刊
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE & COMPLEXITY
卷 22, 期 2, 页码 280-290出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11424-009-9163-9
关键词
Automorphism group; network quotients; symmetry; world trade network
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [70371070]
- Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project [S30504]
- Key Project for Fundamental Research of STCSM [06JC14057]
Symmetry of the world trade network provides a novel perspective to understand the world-wide trading system. However, symmetry in the world trade network (WTN) has been rarely studied so far. In this paper, the authors systematically explore the symmetry in WTN. The authors construct WTN in 2005 and explore the size and structure of its automorphism group, through which the authors find that WTN is symmetric, particularly, locally symmetric to a certain degree. Furthermore, the authors work out the symmetric motifs of WTN and investigate the structure and function of the symmetric motifs, coming to the conclusion that local symmetry will have great effect on the stability of the WTN and that continuous symmetry-breakings will generate complexity and diversity of the trade network. Finally, utilizing the local symmetry of the network, the authors work out the quotient of WTN, which is the structural skeleton dominating stability and evolution of WTN.
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