Talk:Value of networks

Reed's Law (moved from archive)

Archive pages are meant for old talk page material; current discussion is just under "Talk". Howard C. Berkowitz 16:50, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Reed's Law

A quick look at the formula for Reed's law may prompt a review of the formula submitted.

(N-1)!/(N-1)! is in effect a full number and not a ratio, i.e. it will return a value of one regardless of the actual value of N. Perhaps a review of the formula is required. User: Ivan Kelly‎

Will go check as soon as I have a few minutes. Thanks. Obviously, what you said is correct. Without looking at the exact formula, I don't think both should be factorials. Howard C. Berkowitz 16:50, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

A quick check of the Reed's Law ref (I fixed that) says that the formula should be exponential, not factorial. Reed gives the formula 2^N-N-1 for the number of non-trivial subsets. --T. J. Frazier 00:29, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Additions?

Nice article. Do RFC 1925 or the Eight Fallacies fit in here or in some other article? Sandy Harris 23:10, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Interesting thoughts. Those tend to be negative values. I should also go look at Padlipsky, and, while not purely networking, Brooks as well. Howard C. Berkowitz 23:20, 23 October 2010 (UTC)