Networks, Crowds, and Markets

by David Easley

Author	: David Easley
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 745
Release	: 2010-07-19
Genre	: Computers
ISBN	: 1139490303

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Are all film stars linked to Kevin Bacon? Why do the stock markets rise and fall sharply on the strength of a vague rumour? How does gossip spread so quickly? Are we all related through six degrees of separation? There is a growing awareness of the complex networks that pervade modern society. We see them in the rapid growth of the internet, the ease of global communication, the swift spread of news and information, and in the way epidemics and financial crises develop with startling speed and intensity. This introductory book on the new science of networks takes an interdisciplinary approach, using economics, sociology, computing, information science and applied mathematics to address fundamental questions about the links that connect us, and the ways that our decisions can have consequences for others.

Introduction to High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers

by Georg Hager

Author	: Georg Hager
Publisher	: CRC Press
Total Pages	: 350
Release	: 2010-07-02
Genre	: Computers
ISBN	: 1439811938

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Written by high performance computing (HPC) experts, Introduction to High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers provides a solid introduction to current mainstream computer architecture, dominant parallel programming models, and useful optimization strategies for scientific HPC. From working in a scientific computing center, the author

The Wealth of Networks

by Yochai Benkler

Author	: Yochai Benkler
Publisher	: Yale University Press
Total Pages	: 532
Release	: 2006-01-01
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 9780300125771

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Describes how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing. The author shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people create and express themselves. He describes the range of legal and policy choices that confront.

Connected

by Nicholas A. Christakis

Author	: Nicholas A. Christakis
Publisher	: Little, Brown Spark
Total Pages	: 316
Release	: 2009-09-28
Genre	: Psychology
ISBN	: 031607134X

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Celebrated scientists Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler explain the amazing power of social networks and our profound influence on one another's lives. Your colleague's husband's sister can make you fat, even if you don't know her. A happy neighbor has more impact on your happiness than a happy spouse. These startling revelations of how much we truly influence one another are revealed in the studies of Dr. Christakis and Fowler, which have repeatedly made front-page news nationwide. In Connected, the authors explain why emotions are contagious, how health behaviors spread, why the rich get richer, even how we find and choose our partners. Intriguing and entertaining, Connected overturns the notion of the individual and provides a revolutionary paradigm-that social networks influence our ideas, emotions, health, relationships, behavior, politics, and much more. It will change the way we think about every aspect of our lives.

Complex Networks

by Vito Latora

Author	: Vito Latora
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 585
Release	: 2017-09-28
Genre	: Computers
ISBN	: 1107103185

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A comprehensive introduction to the theory and applications of complex network science, complete with real-world data sets and software tools.

Social and Economic Networks

by Matthew O. Jackson

Author	: Matthew O. Jackson
Publisher	: Princeton University Press
Total Pages	: 519
Release	: 2010-11-01
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 140083399X

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Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. The many aspects of our lives that are governed by social networks make it critical to understand how they impact behavior, which network structures are likely to emerge in a society, and why we organize ourselves as we do. In Social and Economic Networks, Matthew Jackson offers a comprehensive introduction to social and economic networks, drawing on the latest findings in economics, sociology, computer science, physics, and mathematics. He provides empirical background on networks and the regularities that they exhibit, and discusses random graph-based models and strategic models of network formation. He helps readers to understand behavior in networked societies, with a detailed analysis of learning and diffusion in networks, decision making by individuals who are influenced by their social neighbors, game theory and markets on networks, and a host of related subjects. Jackson also describes the varied statistical and modeling techniques used to analyze social networks. Each chapter includes exercises to aid students in their analysis of how networks function. This book is an indispensable resource for students and researchers in economics, mathematics, physics, sociology, and business.

Introduction to Mathematical Sociology

by Phillip Bonacich

Author	: Phillip Bonacich
Publisher	: Princeton University Press
Total Pages	: 239
Release	: 2012-04
Genre	: Mathematics
ISBN	: 0691145490

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A comprehensive textbook on the tools of mathematical sociology and their applications Mathematical models and computer simulations of complex social systems have become everyday tools in sociology. Yet until now, students had no up-to-date textbook from which to learn these techniques. Introduction to Mathematical Sociology fills this gap, providing undergraduates with a comprehensive, self-contained primer on the mathematical tools and applications that sociologists use to understand social behavior. Phillip Bonacich and Philip Lu cover all the essential mathematics, including linear algebra, graph theory, set theory, game theory, and probability. They show how to apply these mathematical tools to demography; patterns of power, influence, and friendship in social networks; Markov chains; the evolution and stability of cooperation in human groups; chaotic and complex systems; and more. Introduction to Mathematical Sociology also features numerous exercises throughout, and is accompanied by easy-to-use Mathematica-based computer simulations that students can use to examine the effects of changing parameters on model behavior. Provides an up-to-date and self-contained introduction to mathematical sociology Explains essential mathematical tools and their applications Includes numerous exercises throughout Features easy-to-use computer simulations to help students master concepts

The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

Author	: James Surowiecki
Publisher	: Anchor
Total Pages	: 335
Release	: 2005-08-16
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 0307275051

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In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant—better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future. With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, military history, and politics to show how this simple idea offers important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world.

Crowdfunding and Sustainable Urban Development in Emerging Economies

by Umar G. Benna

Author	: Umar G. Benna
Publisher	: Business Science Reference
Total Pages	: 343
Release	: 2018
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 9781522539520

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"This book explores the theoretical foundation and development values influencing the choices by the key development actors in developing countries of the types of activities and the tools for undertaking them and highlights how public institutions use digital technologies to transform their activities in their cities and the results achieved"--