The skew energy of random oriented graphs

Given a graph G, let G(sigma) be an oriented graph of G with the orientation sigma and skew-adjacency matrix S(G(sigma)). The skew energy of the oriented graph G(sigma), denoted by epsilon(S)(G(sigma)), is defined as the sum of the absolute values of all the eigenvalues of S(G(sigma)). In this paper, we study the skew energy of random oriented graphs and formulate an exact estimate of the skew energy for almost all oriented graphs by generalizing Wigner's semicircle law. Moreover, we consider the skew energy of random regular oriented graphs G(n,d)(sigma), and get an exact estimate of the skew energy for almost all regular oriented graphs. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.