Complex Social Networks (Hardcover, New)

This 2007 book provides a systematic and self-contained account of the fast-developing theory of complex social networks. Social networks are central to the understanding of most socio-economic phenomena in the modern world. The classical approach to studying them relies on a methodology that abstracts from their size and complexity. In contrast, the approach taken in this book keeps complexity at the core, whilst integrating it with the incentive considerations that are preeminent in traditional economic analysis. The treatment starts with a detailed discussion of the basic models that act as 'benchmarks' for the complex-network literature: random networks, small worlds, and scale-free networks, before studying three different forces that underlie almost all network phenomena in social contexts: diffusion, search, and play. Finally, these forces are combined into a unified framework that is brought to bear on the issue of network formation and the coevolution of agents' behaviour and their pattern of interaction.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Econometric Society Monographs
Release date:	2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Fernando Vega-Redondo
Dimensions:	236 x 160 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	310
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-85740-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-85740-6
Barcode:	9780521857406

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