Lectures on Complex Networks: 20 (Oxford Master Series in Physics) - Softcover

Dorogovtsev, Sergey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199548935 ISBN 13: 9780199548934

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2009

Synopsis

This text is a concise modern introduction to the science of complex networks, and is based on lectures for university students and non-specialists. The author aims to introduce a reader without serious background in mathematics or physics to the world of networks. The lectures fill the existing gap between popular science books and comprehensive reference volumes on complex networks, and provide the shortest path to the world of networks, discussing the main directions of modern research in this active field, as well as the history of network studies. The text describes the current state of the art in complex networks and includes recent results, and will be useful for both teaching and self-study.

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Review:

Dorogovtsev is one of the top researchers in probably the hottest new research field today: networks science. He is responsible for a number of fundamental results pertaining to the structure and dynamics of scale-free networks. In this book we see a different aspect of him: as an educator, he offers a concise introduction to complex networks. Lectures on Complex Networks is a wonderful elementary yet non-compromising starting point for anybody who would like to get acquainted with the science of networks. (Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University, US)

An introduction likely to be of interest to serious students at an undergraduate level or above who are interested in the recent work on understanding complex networks. (Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey, UK)

Complex networks are an important topic and this book will fill a space in the market between the popular science books and the technical reference works on the topic. (Geoff Rodgers, Brunel University, UK)

About the Author:

S.N. Dorogovtsev gained his Ph.D. from Ioffe the Institute, St. Petersburg in 1981 and has been research professor in the Theoretical Department there since 1993. He is currently also investigator-coordinator at the Physics department of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He won the Gulbenkian Prize in Science in 2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199548935
• ISBN 13: 9780199548934
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144