Network science : theory and practice / Ted G. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, T. G. (Theodore Gyle), 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Network analysis (Planning).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive look at the emerging science of networks Network science helps you design faster, more resilient communication networks; revise infrastructure systems such as electrical power grids, telecommunications networks, and airline routes; model market dynamics; understand synchronization in biological systems; and analyze social interactions among people. This is the first book to take a comprehensive look at this emerging science. It examines the various kinds of networks (regular, random, small-world, influence, scale-free, and social) and applies network processes and behaviors to emergence, epidemics, synchrony, and risk. The book's uniqueness lies in its integration of concepts across computer science, biology, physics, social network analysis, economics, and marketing. The book is divided into easy-to-understand topical chapters and the presentation is augmented with clear illustrations, problems and answers, examples, applications, tutorials, and a discussion of related Java software. Chapters cover: . Origins. Graphs . Regular Networks . Random Networks . Small-World Networks . Scale-Free Networks . Emergence . Epidemics . Synchrony . Influence Networks . Vulnerability . Net Gain . Biology This book offers a new understanding and interpretation of the field of network science. It is an indispensable resource for researchers, professionals, and technicians in engineering, computing, and biology. It also serves as a valuable textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in related fields of study.

Contents:

Origins

Graphs

Regular networks

Random networks

Small-world networks

Scale-free networks

Emergence

Epidemics

Synchrony

Influence networks

Vulnerability

NetGain

Biology.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Subtitle from cover.

Description based on PDF viewed 10/24/2017.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-501) and index.

ISBN:

9786612112799

9781118211014

1118211014

9781282112797

1282112791

9780470400791

047040079X

9780470400784

0470400781

OCLC:

352789999