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Record Nr.

UNISA996466837303316

Autore

Barthelemy Marc <1965->

Titolo

Spatial networks : a complete introduction : from graph theory and statistical physics to real-world applications / / Marc Barthelemy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9783030941062

9783030941055

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (443 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

003

Soggetti

System analysis

Statistical physics

Statistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

From Complex to Spatial Networks Planar Graphs Directed and Mixed Graphs Simple Measures Betweenness Centrality The Shape of Shortest Paths Simplicity and Entropy Large-Scale Tools Typology of Planar Graphs Measuring the Time Evolution of Spatial Networks Families of Models of Spatial Networks Spatial Small-worlds Growing Spatial Networks Tessellations of the Plane Proximity Graphs Excluded Volume Graphs Loops and Branches Optimal Networks Optimal Transportation Networks and Network Design Greedy Models

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a complete introduction into spatial networks. It offers the mathematical tools needed to characterize these structures and how they evolve in time and presents the most important models of spatial networks. The book puts a special emphasis on analyzing complex systems which are organized under the form of networks where nodes and edges are embedded in space. In these networks, space is relevant, and topology alone does not contain all the information. Characterizing and understanding the structure and the evolution of spatial networks is thus crucial for many different fields, ranging from urbanism to epidemiology. This subject is therefore at the crossroad of many fields and is of potential interest to a broad



audience comprising physicists, mathematicians, engineers, geographers or urbanists. In this book, the author has expanded his previous book ("Morphogenesis of Spatial Networks") to serve as a textbook and reference on this topic for a wide range of students and professional researchers.