EVOLUTION OF NETWORKS
From Biological Nets to the Internet and WWW
SN Dorogovtsev | JFF Mendes
This text provides a concise, informative introduction to the
principles of the organization and evolution of both natural and
artificial networks. These are new concepts, based on the latest
progress in network science. The book is written by physicists and
is addressed to all researchers involved in the field and students.
The aim of the text is to understand the generic
principles of the complex organization of diverse networks:
the Internet and World Wide Web, cellular networks, social nets,
and many others.
The ideas are presented in a clear and a pedagogical way,
with minimal mathematics, so even students without a deep
knowledge of mathematics and statistical physics will be able
to rely on this as a reference. Special attention is given to real
networks.
Collected empirical data and numerous real applications of existing
concepts are discussed in detail, as well as the topical problems
of communication and other networks.