On the Structure of Complex Networks (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781304240712)

Large-scale complex networks in natural, social, and technological systems exhibit an abundance of rich information, and extracting meaningful structural features from network data is one of the most challenging tasks in network theory. Nonetheless, understanding these networks is essential to explaining phenomena in transportation, epidemiology, sociology, economics, and other fields. This book presents three novel analyses of large-scale empirical networks. First, a comparison of two world-wide transportation systems reveals many statistical similarities despite extremely different operational and geographic constraints. Second, we develop a new method for determining geographic borders based on human mobility. Finally, we demonstrate how measuring networks in terms of shortest-path trees can identify a robust network skeleton, and its relevance in predicting dynamical processes. Hardcover available at http: //www.lulu.com/content/hardcover-book/on-the-structure-of-complex-networks/13985882

Author: Daniel Grady
ISBN-10: 1304240711
ISBN-13: 9781304240712
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 07/17/2013
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d