Complex Systems and Networks
Title | Complex Systems and Networks PDF eBook |
Author | Jinhu Lü |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 483 |
Release | 2015-08-14 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 3662478242 |
This elementary book provides some state-of-the-art research results on broad disciplinary sciences on complex networks. It presents an in-depth study with detailed description of dynamics, controls and applications of complex networks. The contents of this book can be summarized as follows. First, the dynamics of complex networks, for example, the cluster dynamic analysis by using kernel spectral methods, community detection algorithms in bipartite networks, epidemiological modeling with demographics and epidemic spreading on multi-layer networks, are studied. Second, the controls of complex networks are investigated including topics like distributed finite-time cooperative control of multi-agent systems by applying homogenous-degree and Lyapunov methods, composite finite-time containment control for disturbed second-order multi-agent systems, fractional-order observer design of multi-agent systems, chaos control and anticontrol of complex systems via Parrondos game and many more. Third, the applications of complex networks provide some applicable carriers, which show the importance of theories developed in complex networks. In particular, a general model for studying time evolution of transition networks, deflection routing in complex networks, recommender systems for social networks analysis and mining, strategy selection in networked evolutionary games, integration and methods in computational biology, are discussed in detail.
Complex Networks
Title | Complex Networks PDF eBook |
Author | Vito Latora |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 585 |
Release | 2017-09-28 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 1107103185 |
A comprehensive introduction to the theory and applications of complex network science, complete with real-world data sets and software tools.
Law, Public Policies and Complex Systems: Networks in Action
Title | Law, Public Policies and Complex Systems: Networks in Action PDF eBook |
Author | Romain Boulet |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2019-05-07 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 3030115062 |
This book investigates how various scientific communities – e.g. legal scientists, political scientists, sociologists, mathematicians, and computer scientists – study law and public policies, which are portrayed here as complex systems. Today, research on law and public policies is rapidly developing at the international level, relying heavily on modeling that employs innovative methods for concrete implementation. Among the subject matter discussed, law as a network of evolving and interactive norms is now a prominent sphere of study. Similarly, public policies are now a topic in their own right, as policy can no longer be examined as a linear process; rather, its study should reflect the complexity of the networks of actors, norms and resources involved, as well as the uncertainty or weak predictability of their direct or indirect impacts. The book is divided into three maain parts: complexity faced by jurists, complexity in action and public policies, and complexity and networks. The main themes examined concern codification, governance, climate change, normative networks, health, water management, use-related conflicts, legal regime conflicts, and the use of indicators.
Adaptive Networks
Title | Adaptive Networks PDF eBook |
Author | Thilo Gross |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2012-03-14 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9783642260148 |
Adding one and one makes two, usually. But sometimes things add up to more than the sum of their parts. This observation, now frequently expressed in the maxim “more is different”, is one of the characteristic features of complex systems and, in particular, complex networks. Along with their ubiquity in real world systems, the ability of networks to exhibit emergent dynamics, once they reach a certain size, has rendered them highly attractive targets for research. The resulting network hype has made the word “network” one of the most in uential buzzwords seen in almost every corner of science, from physics and biology to economy and social sciences. The theme of “more is different” appears in a different way in the present v- ume, from the viewpoint of what we call “adaptive networks.” Adaptive networks uniquely combine dynamics on a network with dynamical adaptive changes of the underlying network topology, and thus they link classes of mechanisms that were previously studied in isolation. Here adding one and one certainly does not make two, but gives rise to a number of new phenomena, including highly robust se- organization of topology and dynamics and other remarkably rich dynamical beh- iors.
Large Scale Structure And Dynamics Of Complex Networks: From Information Technology To Finance And Natural Science
Title | Large Scale Structure And Dynamics Of Complex Networks: From Information Technology To Finance And Natural Science PDF eBook |
Author | Alessandro Vespignani |
Publisher | World Scientific |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2007-06-28 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 9814475416 |
This book is the culmination of three years of research effort on a multidisciplinary project in which physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists and social scientists worked together to arrive at a unifying picture of complex networks. The contributed chapters form a reference for the various problems in data analysis visualization and modeling of complex networks.
Dynamical Processes on Complex Networks
Title | Dynamical Processes on Complex Networks PDF eBook |
Author | Alain Barrat |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 361 |
Release | 2012-10-11 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9781107626256 |
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.
Temporal Networks
Title | Temporal Networks PDF eBook |
Author | Petter Holme |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2013-05-23 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3642364616 |
The concept of temporal networks is an extension of complex networks as a modeling framework to include information on when interactions between nodes happen. Many studies of the last decade examine how the static network structure affect dynamic systems on the network. In this traditional approach the temporal aspects are pre-encoded in the dynamic system model. Temporal-network methods, on the other hand, lift the temporal information from the level of system dynamics to the mathematical representation of the contact network itself. This framework becomes particularly useful for cases where there is a lot of structure and heterogeneity both in the timings of interaction events and the network topology. The advantage compared to common static network approaches is the ability to design more accurate models in order to explain and predict large-scale dynamic phenomena (such as, e.g., epidemic outbreaks and other spreading phenomena). On the other hand, temporal network methods are mathematically and conceptually more challenging. This book is intended as a first introduction and state-of-the art overview of this rapidly emerging field.