The mixture of local and long-range links in a 'small world' network means that it can be crossed in a few hops. But, reports John Whitfield, it's not necessarily easy to find the best route.
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Kleinberg, J. Navigation in a small world. Nature 406, 845 2000.
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Whitfield, J. Better networking. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000824-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000824-8
