
Scale-Free Networks
Complex Webs in Nature and Technology
Guido Caldarelli(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 25. April 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-0-19-966517-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
The book is written in an easy style and should be readable by undergraduates in physics, theoretical physics, mathematics, and computer science and engineering. * Peter Richmond, Trinity College, Dublin * This is a very important and timely book... I would recommend this book to anyone hoping to learn the key concepts of complex networks science. * Mark Buchanan, Science Writer, Cambridge, UK * The context and exposition make this a useful textbook for beginners, as well as a reference book for experts in a variety of disciplines * CERN Courier *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Students and researchers in Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Ecology and Biology
Illustrations
128 b/w line drawings, 9 b/w halftones
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 169 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
632 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-966517-4 (9780199665174)
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Book
05/2007
Oxford University Press
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Person
Guido Caldarelli
Associate Professorship (Primo Ricercatore) National Institute for Condensed Matter
Dipartimento di Fisica,
Universita di Roma "La Sapienza"
Associate Professorship (Primo Ricercatore) National Institute for Condensed Matter
Dipartimento di Fisica,
Universita di Roma "La Sapienza"
Content
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