Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Contributors: Romualdo Pastor-Satorras (Editor); Miguel Rubi (Editor); Albert Diaz-Guilera (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9783540403722
Subjects: Mathematics and Science; Science; Congresses; Science/Mathematics; Applied; Physics; Science / Mathematical Physics; complex networks; graphs; network topology; Mathematical Physics; Statistical mechanics
First sentence: In this contribution, we apply tools from statistical physics, in particular, the rate equations, to quantify geometrical properties of evolving networks [1].
Description: Networks can provide a useful model and graphic image useful for the description of a wide variety of web-like structures in the physical and man-made realms, e.g. protein networks, food webs and the Internet. The contributions gathered in the present volume provide both an introduction to, and an overview of, the multifaceted phenomenology of complex networks. Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks also provides a state-of-the-art picture of current theoretical methods and approaches.