Evolution of network from node division and generation

Aimed at lowering the effect of `rich get richer' in scale-free networks with the Barab\'{a}si and Albert model, this paper proposes a new evolving mechanism, which includes dividing and preference attachment for the growth of a network. A broad scale characteristic which is independent of the initial network topology is obtained with the proposed model. By simulating, it is found that preferential attachment causes the appearance of the scale-free characteristic, while the dividing will decrease the power-law behaviour and drive the evolution of broad scale networks.