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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Using the 155 hours of coordinated observing data of Huairou and Big Bear Solar Observatories, the lifetimes of network elements have been determined by different ways. The sample of network elements has been chosen on a strict criterion in order to reduce the bias. Two statistical methods with different considerations show a mean lifetime of elements of 49.20 hours and 54.92 hours, respectively. The least-square fit method provides an average lifetime of 55.84 hours.