Most networks and databases that humans have to deal with contain large, albeit finite number of units. Their structure, for maintaining functional consistency of the components, is essentially not random and calls for a precise quantitative description of relations between nodes (or data units) and all network components. This book is an introduction, for both graduate students and newcomers to the field, to the theory of graphs and random walks on such graphs. The methods based on random walks and diffusions for exploring the structure of finite connected graphs and databases are reviewed (Markov chain analysis). This provides the necessary basis for consistently discussing a number of applications such diverse as electric resistance networks, estimation of land prices, urban planning, linguistic databases, music, and gene expression regulatory networks.
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Most networks and databases that humans have to deal with contain large, albeit finite number of units. This provides the necessary basis for consistently discussing a number of applications such diverse as electric resistance networks, estimation of land prices, urban planning, linguistic databases, music, and gene expression regulatory networks.
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Introduction to Permutations, Markov Chains, and Partitions.- Worth Another Binary Relation: Graphs.- Permutations Sieved Through Adjacency: Garph Autormorphisms.- Exploring Undirected Graphs by Random Walks.- Embedding of Graphs in Probabilistic Euclidean Space.- Random Walks and Electric Resistance Networks.- Random Walks and Diffusions on Directed Graphs and Interacting Networks.- Structural Analysis of Networks and Databases.- When Feedbacks Matter: Epidemics, Synchronization, and Self-Regulation in Complex Networks.- Critical Phenomena on Large Graphs With Regular Subgraphs.- Glossary of Graph Theory.
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Most networks and databases that humans have to deal with contain large, albeit finite number of units. Their structure, for maintaining functional consistency of the components, is essentially not random and calls for a precise quantitative description of relations between nodes (or data units) and all network components. This book is an introduction, for both graduate students and newcomers to the field, to the theory of graphs and random walks on such graphs. The methods based on random walks and diffusions for exploring the structure of finite connected graphs and databases are reviewed (Markov chain analysis). This provides the necessary basis for consistently discussing a number of applications such diverse as electric resistance networks, estimation of land prices, urban planning, linguistic databases, music, and gene expression regulatory networks.
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Written by the experts who have contributed to the original development of the field Offers a lecture-based pedagogical approach for a broad audience Includes detailed benchmarking of theory with diverse real-word applications Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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ISBN
9783642268427
Publisert
2013-07-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Graduate, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Biographical note

Philippe Blanchard is a mathematical physicist of international stature. He has edited/authored a number of books for Springer and is member of various editorial boards (e.g. Fundamental Theories of Physics)