The architecture of these unipartite networks was described by means of nestedness, connectivity and transitivity.
José M. Gómez, Francisco Perfectti, Pedro Jordano 2011, 'The Functional Consequences of Mutualistic Network Architecture', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0016143. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Unipartite graphs have also been used for modeling interactions going beyond pairwise interactions.
Jorge Peña, Yannick Rochat 2012, 'Bipartite graphs as models of population structures in evolutionary multiplayer games.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3438187?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Unipartite networks linking either providers or healthcare organizations by shared patients were built using each method.
Martin S. Zand, Melissa Trayhan, Samir A. Farooq, Christopher Fucile, Gourab Ghoshal,Robert J. White, Caroline M. Quill, Alexander Rosenberg, Hugo Serrano Barbosa, KristenBush, Hassan Chafi, Timothy Boudreau 2017, 'Properties of healthcare teaming networks as a function of network construction algorithms',PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0175876. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)