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Small-World Network (Watts-Strogatz)

Ring lattice with a few rewired long-range edges — short paths, high clustering.

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    {"data":{"id":"n0"}},{"data":{"id":"n1"}},{"data":{"id":"n2"}},{"data":{"id":"n3"}},
    {"data":{"id":"n4"}},{"data":{"id":"n5"}},{"data":{"id":"n6"}},{"data":{"id":"n7"}},
    {"data":{"id":"n8"}},{"data":{"id":"n9"}},{"data":{"id":"n10"}},{"data":{"id":"n11"}},

    {"data":{"source":"n0","target":"n1"}},{"data":{"source":"n1","target":"n2"}},
    {"data":{"source":"n2","target":"n3"}},{"data":{"source":"n3","target":"n4"}},
    {"data":{"source":"n4","target":"n5"}},{"data":{"source":"n5","target":"n6"}},
    {"data":{"source":"n6","target":"n7"}},{"data":{"source":"n7","target":"n8"}},
    {"data":{"source":"n8","target":"n9"}},{"data":{"source":"n9","target":"n10"}},
    {"data":{"source":"n10","target":"n11"}},{"data":{"source":"n11","target":"n0"}},

    {"data":{"source":"n0","target":"n2"}},{"data":{"source":"n3","target":"n5"}},
    {"data":{"source":"n6","target":"n8"}},{"data":{"source":"n9","target":"n11"}},

    {"data":{"source":"n1","target":"n7","label":"rewired"}},
    {"data":{"source":"n2","target":"n9","label":"rewired"}},
    {"data":{"source":"n4","target":"n10","label":"rewired"}}
  ],
  "layout":{"name":"circle"},
  "style":[
    {"selector":"node","style":{"background-color":"#3666ff","width":24,"height":24}},
    {"selector":"edge[label='rewired']","style":{"line-color":"#dc2626","width":2}},
    {"selector":"edge","style":{"line-color":"#94a3b8","width":1.4,"curve-style":"bezier"}}
  ]
}