Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World

Easley, David; Kleinberg, Jon

ISBN 10: 0521195330 / ISBN 13: 9780521195331

Published by Cambridge University Press (edition 1), 2010

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Synopsis:

Reveals the interdisciplinary field of networks, which changes how we look at social, financial and technological interactions in modern society.

About the Authors: David Easley is the Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science and a Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He was previously an Overseas Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. His research is in the fields of economics, finance, and decision theory. In economics, he focuses on learning, wealth dynamics, and natural selection in markets. In finance, his work focuses on market microstructure and asset pricing. In decision theory, he works on modeling decision making in complex environments. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a member of the NASDAQ-OMX Economic Advisory Board.

Jon Kleinberg is the Tisch University Professor in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on issues at the interface of networks and information, with an emphasis on the social and information networks that underpin the Web and other online media. He is the recipient of MacArthur, Packard, and Sloan Foundation Fellowships; the Nevanlinna Prize; the ACM-Infosys Foundation Award; and the National Academy of Sciences Award for Initiatives in Research.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning ...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (edition 1)
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1.