Theavailabilityoflargedatasetshasallowedresearcherstouncovercomplexpropertiessuchaslarge-scalefluctuationsandheterogeneitiesinmanynetworks,leadingtothebreakdownofstandardtheoreticalframeworksandmodels.Untilrecentlythesesystemswereconsideredashaphazardsetsofpointsandconnections.Recentadvanceshavegeneratedavigorousresearcheffortinunderstandingtheeffectofcomplexconnectivitypatternsondynamicalphenomena.Thisbookpresentsacomprehensiveaccountoftheseeffects.Avastnumberofsystems,fromthebraintoecosystems,powergridsandtheInternet,canberepresentedaslargecomplexnetworks.Thisbookwillinterestgraduatestudentsandresearchersinmanydisciplines,fromphysicsandstatisticalmechanics,tomathematicalbiologyandinformationscience.Itsmodularapproachallowsreaderstoreadilyaccessthesectionsofmostinteresttothem,andcomplicatedmathsisavoidedsothetextcanbeeasilyfollowedbynon-expertsinthesubject.
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