Preface; Personal introduction; 1. Introduction; 2. Graph theory; 3. Random networks; 4. The scale-free property; 5. The Barabási–Albert model; 6. Evolving networks; 7. Degree correlation; 8. Network robustness; 9. Communities; 10. Spreading phenomena; Index.
Illustrated throughout in full colour, this pioneering text is the only book you need for an introduction to network science.
Albert-László Barabási is Robert Gray Dodge Professor of Network Science and Director of the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University, with appointments at Harvard Medical School and the Central European University in Budapest. His work in network science has led to the discovery of scale-free networks and elucidated many key network properties, from robustness to control. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the AAAS (Physics) and the Massachusetts Academy of Sciences, and is a recipient of numerous international awards.
'Network Science introduces the reader to basic graph-theory
notions, elements of data analysis, statistics, and some of the
computational and modeling methods that allow us to interrogate
network data sets. Throughout, the book illustrates those ideas
with concrete and intuitive examples that also help achieve its
main purpose, which is to instill network-based thinking in the
reader. The writing is engaging, peppered throughout with stories,
anecdotes, and historical connections … Its discussion of the
spread of disease in particular clearly illustrates the necessity
of network thinking in solving a fundamental and practical problem
that affects us all. The book is carefully structured and visually
pleasing, with lots of colorful diagrams, figures, tables, and
schematics to help convey fundamental concepts and ideas. Its
pedagogical value is significantly enhanced by a Tufte-style
exposition that recognizes and works with the nonlinear character
of learning. The wide margins contain bits of information … that
expand on the main text.' Zoltán Toroczkai, Physics Today
'… a pleasure to read. The passion of the author for his field is
reflected in the book he has written.' Panos Louridas, SIGACT
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