Random Graphs and Complex Networks (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107172876)

This rigorous introduction to network science presents random graphs as models for real-world networks. Such networks have distinctive empirical properties and a wealth of new models have emerged to capture them. Classroom tested for over ten years, this text places recent advances in a unified framework to enable systematic study. Designed for a master's-level course, where students may only have a basic background in probability, the text covers such important preliminaries as convergence of random variables, probabilistic bounds, coupling, martingales, and branching processes. Building on this base - and motivated by many examples of real-world networks, including the Internet, collaboration networks, and the World Wide Web - it focuses on several important models for complex networks and investigates key properties, such as the connectivity of nodes. Numerous exercises allow students to develop intuition and experience in working with the models.

Author: Remco Van Der Hofstad
ISBN-10: 110717287X
ISBN-13: 9781107172876
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/22/2016
Pages: 236
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.68lbs
Size: 10.42h x 7.13w x 0.96d