This book brings together recent advances and presents a comprehensive picture of the scientific study of networks. It includes discussion of computer networks, social networks, biological networks, and others, and an introduction to the mathematics of network theory, including analysis techniques, computer algorithms, and network modeling.
This book brings together recent advances and presents a comprehensive picture of the scientific study of networks. It includes discussion of computer networks, social networks, biological networks, and others, and an introduction to the mathematics of network theory, including analysis techniques, computer algorithms, and network modeling.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Introduction
- Part I: The empirical study of networks
- 2: Technological networks
- 3: Networks of information
- 4: Social networks
- 5: Biological networks
- Part II: Fundamentals of network theory
- 6: Mathematics of networks
- 7: Measures and metrics
- 8: Computer algorithms
- 9: Network statistics and measurement error
- 10: The structure of real-world networks
- Part III: Network models
- 11: Random graphs
- 12: The configuration model
- 13: Models of network formation
- Part IV: Applications
- 14: Community structure
- 15: Percolation and network resilience
- 16: Epidemics on networks
- 17: Dynamical systems on networks
- 18: Network search