E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, eBook
E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Understanding Complex Systems
ISBN: 978-3-642-36461-7
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Many studies of the last decade examine how the static network structure affect dynamic systems on the network. In this traditional approach the temporal aspects are pre-encoded in the dynamic system model.
Temporal-network methods, on the other hand, lift the temporal information from the level of system dynamics to the mathematical representation of the contact network itself.
This framework becomes particularly useful for cases where there is a lot of structure and heterogeneity both in the timings of interaction events and the network topology.
The advantage compared to common static network approaches is the ability to design more accurate models in order to explain and predict large-scale dynamic phenomena (such as, e.g., epidemic outbreaks and other spreading phenomena). On the other hand, temporal networkmethods are mathematically and conceptually more challenging.
This book is intended as a first introduction and state-of-the art overview of this rapidly emerging field.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Metrics and Measures.- Time Scales.- Temporal Networks of Human Interactions.- Spreading Dynamics.- Models.