A first course in network theory / Professor Ernesto Estrada, Dr. Philip A. Knight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fruko, author.

Knight, Philip A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

System analysis--Textbooks.

System analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Network theory is a major topic of interdisciplinary research which covers diverse areas including physics, mathematics and sociology. This book covers all the basics and the most commonly used concepts in the field, provides examples of their applications in solving practical problems, and clear indications on how to analyse their results.

Contents:

Introduction to network theory

General concepts in network theory

How to prove it

Data analysis and manipulation

Algebraic concepts in network theory

Spectra of adjacency matrices

The network Laplacian

Classical physics analogies

Degree distributions

Clustering coefficients of networks

Random models of networks

Matrix functions

Fragment-based measures

Classical node centrality

Spectral node centrality

Quantum physics analogies

Global properties of networks I

Global properties of networks II

Communicability in networks

Statistical physics analogies

Communities in networks.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-336-09915-1

0-19-103992-6

OCLC:

904791896