olemus
sidevõrgu kasulikkus on võrdeline
kasutajate arvu ruuduga:
n sõlmega võrgus saab sidemeid olla n(n-1)/2
ja sidemete arv läheneb asümptootiliselt
väärtusele n²/2 (R. Metcalfe 1980 / G.Gilder 1993 )
=
the law stating that the financial value or impact of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users

ülevaateid
https://www.peterfisk.com/2020/02/metcalfes-law-explains-how-the-value-of-networks-grow-exponentially-there-are-5-types-of-network-effects/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law

http://www.cs.tufts.edu/comp/150IDS/slides/Metcalfe.pdf

http://andrewchen.co/social-network-death-spiral-how-metcalfes-law-can-work-against-you/

https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/12670/metcalfes-law-network-effects-and-numbers---the-economic-network-called-bitcoin

https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_developing-new-products-and-services/s04-12-there-is-power-in-numbers-netw.html