Networks, Topology and Dynamics

by Naimzada, Ahmad K.; Stefani, Silvana; Torriero, Anna

• ISBN13: 9783540684077
• ISBN10: 3540684077
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-03
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The volume, devoted to recent contributions to the field of networks modelling, offers a wide panorama of recent advances, both theoretical and methodological, that will interest academics as well as practitioners.Theory and applications are nicely integrated: theoretical papers are in graph theory, game theory, coalitions, dynamics, consumer behaviour, segregation models and new contributions to the area are offered. The applications cover a wide range: airline transportation, financial markets, work team organization, labour and credit market. The volume can be used as a reference book for graduate and postgraduate courses on network theory and complex systems in faculties of economics, mathematics, engineering or social sciences.

Table of Contents

Tutorials
Some Topics in Graph Theory	p. 3
From Graph Theory to Models of Economic Networks. A Tutorial	p. 23
Strategic Interaction, Economic Models and Networks
Games of Coalition and Network Formation: A Survey	p. 67
Network Formation with Closeness Incentives	p. 95
A Dynamic Model of Segregation in Small-World Networks	p. 111
Interdependent Preferences	p. 127
Co-Evolutive Models for Firms Dynamics	p. 143
Markov Chains and Topology
Betweenness Centrality: Extremal Values and Structural Properties	p. 161
How to Reduce Unnecessary Noise in Targeted Networks	p. 177
The Dynamic Behaviour of Non-Homogeneous Single-Unireducible Markov and Semi-Markov Chains	p. 195
Applications
Shareholding Networks and Centrality: An Application to the Italian Financial Market	p. 215
Network Dynamics when Selecting Work Team Members	p. 229
Empirical Analysis of the Architecture of the Interbank Market and Credit Market Using Network Theory	p. 241
Network Measures in Civil Air Transport: A Case Study of Lufthansa	p. 257
On Certain Graph Theory Applications	p. 283
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