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The Science of Complex Networks: A Journey Through Random Graphs and Network Science
Paperback
General MathematicsProbability & Statistics
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 21 2025
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Science of Complex Networks provides a thorough and practical introduction to the fascinating world of network science. Starting with foundational random graph models such as Erdős-Rényi, scale-free, small-world, and configuration models, it moves into advanced frameworks including exponential random graphs, stochastic block models, and multilayer networks.
The book explores both static network structures and dynamic processes, covering diffusion, epidemic spreading, opinion dynamics, synchronization, and cascading failures, with a focus on how network topology shapes these behaviors. Temporal networks, where connections evolve over time, are examined alongside resilience and robustness, showing how systems withstand and recover from disruptions.
Readers are guided through clear explanations, mathematical formulations, and hands-on simulation techniques using tools like NetworkX. Real-world examples from disease control to infrastructure design and information spread illustrate how network science applies across social, biological, and technological domains.
This book equips readers to understand, model, and analyze complex networks while gaining insights into practical applications.
Topics covered include:
Foundational random graph models: Erdős-Rényi, scale-free, small-world, configuration models
Advanced network frameworks: exponential random graphs, stochastic block models, multilayer networks
Dynamic processes on networks: diffusion, epidemic spreading, opinion dynamics, synchronization, cascading failures
Temporal networks and evolving connections
Network resilience and robustness
Practical simulation techniques using Python and NetworkX
Applications in social, biological, and technological systems
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