Fig. 2

Map of clustering coefficient (of the connected component) as a function of parameters p_s and p_f. Smaller flux results in the nodes remaining more time inside \(\mathcal {P}\), increasing the probability to form triangles in the enclosed space. Larger confined spaces increase the chance of forming new triangles, partially because nodes stay longer inside \(\mathcal {P}\), having more time to form new connections, but also because the number of links that can be redirected to the confinement is proportional to the number of nodes inside of it. Initial network is random with N=10⁴ and 〈k〉=4 with a near zero clustering C=0.0004