Networks

Description

This book brings together recent advances and presents a comprehensive picture of the scientific study of networks. It includes discussion of computer networks, social networks, biological networks, and others, and an introduction to the mathematics of network theory, including analysis techniques, computer algorithms, and network modeling.

• Leading introductory textbook in the field
• Provides a solid foundation, and builds on this progressively with each chapter
• Will appeal to people from a broad range of backgrounds and disciplines
• Deliberately paced to appeal to a non-technical readership
• Solutions manual available on request

New to this edition

• Includes a significant amount of new material: sections on multilayer networks, network statistics, community detection, complex contagion, and network synchronization
• Thoroughly updated to reflect recent developments in the field
• Many new exercises have been added throughout

About the Author(s)

Mark Newman, Anatol Rapoport Distinguished University Professor of Physics, University of Michigan, USA

Mark Newman received a D.Phil. in physics from the University of Oxford in 1991 and conducted postdoctoral research at Cornell University before joining the staff of the Santa Fe Institute, a think-tank in New Mexico devoted to the study of complex systems. In 2002 he left Santa Fe for the University of Michigan, where he is currently Anatol Rapoport Distinguished University Professor of Physics and a professor in the university's Center for the Study of Complex Systems.

Table of Contents

1:Introduction
Part I: The empirical study of networks
2:Technological networks
3:Networks of information
4:Social networks
5:Biological networks
Part II: Fundamentals of network theory
6:Mathematics of networks
7:Measures and metrics
8:Computer algorithms
9:Network statistics and measurement error
10:The structure of real-world networks
Part III: Network models
11:Random graphs
12:The configuration model
13:Models of network formation
Part IV: Applications
14:Community structure
15:Percolation and network resilience
16:Epidemics on networks
17:Dynamical systems on networks
18:Network search

Reviews

"This is the definitive book on networks, friendly enough for anyone to read and serious enough for researchers to find their way. [Newman] is one of the founders and leaders of the field and has updated the book with cutting-edge topics." - Professor Cris Moore, Santa Fe Institute

"This is the definitive book on network science, by one of its most brilliant researchers and graceful expositors. The second edition of Mark Newman's Networks is clear, comprehensive, and fascinating." - Steven Strogatz, Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, USA

"This is an excellent textbook by one of the preeminent scholars in the study of networks. I draw heavily from it when teaching my undergraduate course on networks, and I am very pleased to see a new edition of the book. Newman's clear exposition shines through in this textbook." - Mason Porter, Department of Mathematics, UCLA, USA

"An extraordinarily comprehensive and clear exposition of network science from one of the giants in the field. Newman succeeds in making accessible to a broad readership even the most technical content." - Santo Fortunato, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University

"Reviews from previous edition:"

"Networks accomplishes two key goals: It provides a comprehensive introduction and presents the theoretic backbone of network science. [] The book is balanced in its presentation of theoretical concepts, computational techniques, and algorithms. The level of difficulty increases which each chapter [which] makes the book particularly valuable to physics students who wish to acquire a solid foundation based on their knowledge of basic linear algebra, calculus, and differential equations." - Physics Today

"Newman has written a wonderful book that gives an extensive overview of the broadly interdisciplinary network-related developments that have occured in many fields, including mathematics, physics, computer science, biology, and the social sciences ... Overall, a valuable resource covering a wide-randing field." - Choice

"Likely to become the standard introductory textbook for the study of networks [...] Overall, this is an excellent textbook for the growing field of networks. It is cleverly written and suitable as both an introduction for undergraduate students (particularly Parts 1 to 3) and as a roadmap for graduate students. [...] Being highly self-contained, computer scientists and professionals from other fields can also use the book - in fact, the author himself is a physicist. In short, this book is a delight for the inquisitive mind." - Computing Reviews

"This book brings together, for the first time, the most important breakthroughs in each of these fields and presents them in a coherent fashion, highlighting the strong connections between work in different subject areas." - CERN Courier

Additional Resources

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