Island Networks

List of contents

List of figures, tables, and maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Island networks and graphs; 2. Trees; 3. The minimum spanning tree problem; 4. Search trees I; 5. Search trees II; 6. Centrality; 7. Dominating sets; 8. Digraphs; 9. Conclusion; References; Index.

Summary

Using network models from graph theory, this book analyses the formation of Pacific island empires, the social basis of dialect groups, the emergence of economic and political centres, the evolution and devolution of social stratification and the evolution of kinship terminologies, marriage systems and descent groups from common historical prototypes.

Product details

• Authors: Per Hage, Frank Harary
• Assisted by: Mark Granovetter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.10.2014
• EAN: 9780521552325
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55232-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 616 g
• Series: Structural Analysis in the Soc
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)