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Informationen zum Autor Bruce J. West is Chief Mathematical Scientist with the Information Science Directorate at the Army Research Office, a position he has held for the last 10 years. After receiving his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Rochester in 1970, he was Associate Director of a small private research institute (La Jolla Institute) for almost twenty years and a Professor at the University of North Texas for a decade. His research interests are in the nonlinear dynamics of complex networks. He has over 350 scientific publications, including 11 books and 8500 citations, and he has received multiple academic and government awards for his research and publications. Paolo Grigolini is currently a Professor in the Physics Department and the Center for Nonlinear Science at the University of North Texas. He is an internationally recognized theorist interested in the foundations of quantum mechanics, including wave function collapse and the influence of classical chaos on quantum systems. His other research interests include the foundations of statistical physics, biophysical problems such as DNA sequencing and the network science of human decision making and cognition. Klappentext Presents the common principles, algorithms, and tools that govern network behaviour, dynamics, and complexity, connecting theory to numerous real-world examples. Zusammenfassung Presenting the common principles! algorithms! and tools governing network behaviour! dynamics! and complexity! this book synthesises modern mathematical developments with the broad range of network applications of interest to the engineer and system scientist. It is richly illustrated with real-world examples from physiology! bioengineering! biophysics! and informational and social networks. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Webs; 2. Webs, trees and branches; 3. Mostly linear dynamics; 4. Random walks and chaos; 5. Non-analytic dynamics; 6. Brief recent history of webs; 7. Dynamics of chance; 8. Synopsis....
