The availability of large data sets have allowed researchers to uncover complex properties such as large scale fluctuations and heterogeneities in many networks which have lead 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. For example, a vast number of everyday systems, from the brain to ecosystems, power grids and the Internet, can be represented as large complex networks. This new and recent account presents a comprehensive explanation of these effects.
Contents
1. Preliminaries: networks and graphs; 2. Networks and complexity; 3. Network models; 4. Introduction to dynamical processes: theory and simulation; 5. Phase transitions on complex networks; 6. Resilience and robustness of networks; 7. Synchronization phenomena in networks; 8. Walking and searching on networks; 9. Epidemic spreading in population networks; 10. Social networks and collective behaviour; 11. Traffic on complex networks; 12. Networks in biology; 13. Postface: critically examining complex networks science; Appendixes; References; Index.
Review
"An excellent introduction book on the statistical mechanics approach of networks... I believe that this book has contributed another step in integrating the vast multi-disciplinary approaches in network science."
Laurent Tambayong, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
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