Scale-Free Networks: Complex Webs in Nature and Technology

Scale-Free Networks: Complex Webs in Nature and Technology
ISBN-10
0191526347
ISBN-13
9780191526343
Category
Science
Pages
328
Language
English
Published
2007-05-03
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Author
Guido Caldarelli

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.

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