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Zusatztext Review of the hardback: '? a very useful book that fills an important gap in the market of books on networks ? I will be opening this book whenever I want to start modelling a dynamical process on a network.' Contemporary Physics Informationen zum Autor Alain Barrat is Senior Researcher at the Centre de Physique Théorique (CNRS and Aix-Marseille University, France) and at the Institute for Scientific Interchange in Turin, Italy. His research interests are in the field of out-of-equilibrium statistical mechanics. Marc Barthélemy is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Theoretical Physics (IPhT) at the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), France. His research interests are in the application of statistical physics to complex systems. Alessandro Vespignani is Sternberg Distinguished Professor in Physics, Computer Science and Health Science at Northeastern University, USA. He is also Fellow of the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences at Harvard University and Scientific Director of the Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation in Italy. Klappentext An in-depth account on complex connectivity patterns for graduates and researchers in statistical mechanics, mathematical biology and information science. Zusammenfassung An in-depth account on the effect of complex connectivity patterns on dynamical phenomena! this book will interest graduate students and researchers in many disciplines! from physics and statistical mechanics to mathematical biology and information science. Its modular approach allows readers to easily access the sections of most interest to them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 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 behavior; 11. Traffic on complex networks; 12. Networks in biology: from the cell to ecosystems; 13. Postface: critically examining complex networks science; Appendixes; References; Index....
