Network Science Complexity in Nature and Technology
Connections are important: in studying nature, technology, commerce and the social sciences, it often makes sense to focus on the pattern of interactions between individual components. Furthermore, improvements in computing power have made it possible to
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Ernesto Estrada Maria Fox Desmond J. Higham Gian-Luca Oppo Editors
Network Science Complexity in Nature and Technology
Editors Prof. Ernesto Estrada University of Strathclyde Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Department of Physics G1 1XH Glasgow UK [email protected] Prof. Maria Fox University of Strathclyde Department of Computer and Information Sciences G1 1XH Glasgow UK [email protected]
Prof. Desmond J. Higham University of Strathclyde Department of Mathematics and Statistics G1 1XH Glasgow UK [email protected] Prof. Gian-Luca Oppo University of Strathclyde Department of Physics G4 0NG Glasgow UK [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-84996-395-4 e-ISBN 978-1-84996-396-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84996-396-1 Springer London Dordrecht Heidelberg New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2010934727 © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2010 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Cover design: deblik Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book of invited, edited chapters arose from the six month programme Complex Networks across the Natural and Technological Sciences, held in 2009 at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Glasgow. The motivation for the program was the emergence of a new interdisciplinary activity, sometimes called Network Science, that focuses on the patterns of interactions that arise between individual components of natural and engineered systems. The programme had several key objectives: • To identify commonality across very different areas of application; • To advance one area by injecting ideas and techniques from another; • To allow practitioners (those who collect and use data) to pose challenges to theoreticians (those who develop concepts and derive analytical and computational tools); • To allow theoreticians to bring practitioners up to speed on the state of the art. The programme included three one-week workshops, featuring invited
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