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Table 2 Network evolution

From: Metrics for network power based on Castells’ Network Theory of Power: a case study on Brazilian elections

 

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

Number of nodes

11,200

25,635

33,521

48,194

59,815

81,896

92,225

1,040,182

Number of edges

11,234

11,531

18,134

19,389

33,235

24,997

31,353

22,972

Diameter

18

20

20

23

16

21

18

22

Average path length

6.169

7.272

6.364

7.8252

6.272

7.552

6.535

7.293

Modularity

0.826

0.954

0.809

0.943

0.796

0.957

0.823

0.967

Weakly connected components

4070

18014

22,257

34,216

39,991

58,281

72,439

89,223