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name: Watts–Strogatz model
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    sections: [Summary]
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## Summary

The **Watts–Strogatz model** is a random graph generation model that produces graphs with small-world properties, including short average path lengths and high clustering. It was proposed by Duncan J. Watts and Steven Strogatz in their article published in 1998 in the *Nature* scientific journal. The model also became known as the **(Watts) *beta* model** after Watts used $\beta$ to formulate it in his popular science book *Six Degrees*.