Dynamical processes on complex networks / Alain Barrat, Marc Barthélemy, Alessandro Vespignani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrat, Alain, 1971- author.

Barthelemy, Marc, 1965- author.

Vespignani, Alessandro, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

System analysis.

Graph theory.

Electric networks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 347 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The availability of large data sets has allowed researchers to uncover complex properties such as large-scale fluctuations and heterogeneities in many networks, leading to the breakdown of standard theoretical frameworks and models. Until recently these systems were considered as haphazard sets of points and connections. Recent advances have generated a vigorous research effort in understanding the effect of complex connectivity patterns on dynamical phenomena. This book presents a comprehensive account of these effects. A vast number of systems, from the brain to ecosystems, power grids and the Internet, can be represented as large complex networks. This book will interest graduate students and researchers in many disciplines, from physics and statistical mechanics to mathematical biology and information science. Its modular approach allows readers to readily access the sections of most interest to them, and complicated maths is avoided so the text can be easily followed by non-experts in the subject.

Contents:

Networks and graphs

Networks and complexity

Network models

Introduction to dynamical processes : theory and simulation

Phase transitions on complex networks

Resilience and robustness of networks

Synchronization phenomena in networks

Walking and searching on networks

Epidemic spreading in population networks

Social networks and collective behavior

Traffic on complex networks

Networks in biology : from the cell to ecosystems

Postface : critically examining complex networks science.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19936-0

1-139-23503-6

1-281-94489-0

9786611944896

0-511-79138-0

0-511-45626-3

0-511-45455-4

0-511-45757-X

0-511-45355-8

0-511-45558-5

OCLC:

476207933