Evolution of Networks: From Biological Nets to the Internet and Www. This item is unavailable.Evolution of Networks: From Biological Nets to the Internet and Www

Only recently did mankind realise that it resides in a world of networks. The Internet and World Wide Web are changing our life. Our physical existence is based on various biological networks. We have recently learned that the term "network" turns out to be a central notion in our time, and the consequent explosion of interest in networks is a social and cultural phenomenon. The principles of the complex organization and evolution of networks, natural and artificial, are the topic of this book, which is written by physicists and is addressed to all involved researchers and students.

The aim of the text is to understand networks and the basic principles of their structural organization and evolution. 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, both natural and artifical. Collected empirical data and numerous real applications of existing theories are discussed in detail, as well as the topical problems of communication networks.

Professor Serguei Dorogovtsev

Departamento de Fisica
Rua do Campo Alegre 687

4169-007 Porto
Portugal
Tel: (351) 226 082 624
Fax: (351) 226 082 622
Email: sdorogov@fc.up.pt

Professor Jose Fernando Ferreira Mendes

Centro de Fisica do Porto
Departamento de Fisica
Universitade do Porto
Rua do Campo Algre 687
4169-007
Portugal
Tel: (351) 226 082 620
(351) 256 582 618
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Fax: (351) 226 082 622
Email: jfmendes@fc.up.pt
jfmendes@fis.ua.pt