Scale-Free Networks

Complex Webs in Nature and Technology

Guido Caldarelli (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

324 Seiten

2013
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-966517-4 (ISBN)

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Many different systems both in nature and in technology can be described by means of networks of interconnected components. Despite their different aspects, all of them share similar mathematical properties. In this book we explain how to recognize these features and why these different systems develop this common structure.

A variety of different social, natural, and technological systems can be described by the same mathematical framework. This holds from the Internet to food webs and to boards of company directors. In all these situations a graph of the elements of the system and their interconnections displays a universal feature. There are only few elements with many connections, and many elements with few connections. This book presents the experimental evidence of these 'scale-free networks' and provides students and researchers with a corpus of theoretical results and algorithms to analyse and understand these features. The content of this book and the exposition makes it a clear textbook for beginners, and a reference book for the experts.

Guido Caldarelli Associate Professorship (Primo Ricercatore) National Institute for Condensed Matter Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

1. Introduction to Graphs ; 2. Graph structure: Communities ; 3. Scale-invariance ; 4. The Origin of power law functions ; 5. Graph Generating Models ; 6. Networks in the cell ; 7. Ecological networks ; 8. Geophysical networks ; 9. Technological networks: Internet and WWW ; 10. Collaborative Relational and Cognitive Networks ; 11. Financial networks ; 1. Introduction to Graphs ; 2. Graph structure: Communities ; 3. Scale-invariance ; 4. The Origin of power law functions ; 5. Graph Generating Models ; 6. Networks in the cell ; 7. Ecological networks ; 8. Geophysical networks ; 9. Technological networks: Internet and WWW ; 10. Collaborative Relational and Cognitive Networks ; 11. Financial networks

Reihe/Serie	Oxford Finance Series
Zusatzinfo	128 b/w line drawings, 9 b/w halftones
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 241 mm
Gewicht	632 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Graphentheorie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
	Technik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie
ISBN-10	0-19-966517-6 / 0199665176
ISBN-13	978-0-19-966517-4 / 9780199665174
Zustand	Neuware