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Overview
The availability of large data sets has allowed researchers to uncover complex properties such as large-scale fluctuations and heterogeneities in many networks, leading to the breakdown of standard theoretical frameworks and models. Until recently these systems were considered as haphazard sets of points and connections. Recent advances have generated a vigorous research effort in understanding the effect of complex connectivity patterns on dynamical phenomena. This book presents a comprehensive account of these effects.Editorials
From the Publisher
"An excellent introduction book on the statistical mechanics approach of networks... I believe that this book has contributed another step in integrating the vast multi-disciplinary approaches in network science."Laurent Tambayong, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
"... the book does a terrific and admirable job at putting some order into the wealth of research that has emerged during the last decade, providing an overview of the current state of the art, and guiding the reader to relevant sources of information. The impressive body of techniques and applications covered in the book gives a resounding answer to the critics, perhaps more convincing than the arguments at the book’s end. This is a fantastic resource book on dynamical processes on complex networks, and its wide scope promises to keep it relevant for several years to come."
Daniel ben-Avraham, Journal of Statistical Physics
"... a very useful book that fills an important gap in the market of books on networks. I will be opening this book whenever I want to start modeling a dynamical process on a network."
Dr Tim Evans, Imperial College London for Contemporary Physics