Evolution of Networks

From Biological Nets to the Internet and WWW

S.N. Dorogovtsev, J.F.F. Mendes

274 pages, parution le 09/04/2003

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Résumé

First comprehensive description of the concepts of network science
Concise, easily-understandable handling of a hot topic
The Internet and World Wide Web are having a profound effect on our lives

Only recently did mankind realise that it resides in a world of networks. The Internet and World Wide Web are changing our life. Our physical existence is based on various biological networks. The term "network" turns out to be a central notion in our time, and the consequent explosion of interest in networks is a social and cultural phenomenon.
The principles of the complex organization and evolution of networks, natural and artificial, are the topic of this book, which is written by physicists and is addressed to all involved researchers and students. The aim of the text is to understand networks.
The ideas are presented in a clear and a pedagogical way, with minimal mathematics, so even students without a deep knowledge of mathematics and statistical physics will be able to rely on this as a reference. Special attention is given to real networks, both natural and artificial.
Collected empirical data and numerous real applications of existing theories are discussed in detail, as well as the topical problems of communication networks.

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in statistical and interdisciplinary physics, biophysics, computer science, applied mathematics, and biology. It may also be of interest to engineers in communications and networking, software and networking engineers and developers, researchers and students in sociology, economics, linguistics, etc.

Contents

Modern Architecture of Random Graphs
What Are Networks?
Popularity is Attractive
Real Networks
Equilibrium Networks
Non-Equilibrium Networks
Global Topology of Networks
Growth of Networks and Self-Organized Criticality
Philosophy of a Small World

A Relations for an Adjacency Matrix
B How to Measure a Distribution
C Statistics of Cliques
D Power-Law Preference
E Inhomogeneous Growing Net
F Z-Transform
G Critical Phenomena in Networks
H A guide on Network Literature

L'auteur - S.N. Dorogovtsev

.N. Dorogovtsev, Ioffe Institute, St Petersburg.

L'auteur - J.F.F. Mendes

J.F.F. Mendes, University of Porto and University of Aveiro

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	S.N. Dorogovtsev, J.F.F. Mendes
Parution	09/04/2003
Nb. de pages	274
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	529g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198515906
ISBN13	978-0-19-851590-6