 Let formula_6 be the number of boxes of linear size formula_7, needed to cover the given network.The fractal dimension formula_8 is then given by
formula_9

This means that the average number of vertices formula_10 within a box of size formula_7
formula_12

By measuring the distribution of formula_1 for different box sizes or by measuring the distribution of formula_10 for different box sizes, the fractal dimension formula_8 can be obtained by a power law fit of the distribution.One seed node is chosen randomly.