Overview

There is convergent consensus among scientists that many social, economic and ?nancial phenomena can be described by a network of agents and their inter- tions. Surprisingly, even though the application ?elds are quite different, those n- works often show a common behaviour. Thus, their topological properties can give useful insights on how the network is structured, which are the most “important” nodes/agents, how the network reacts to new arrivals. Moreover the network, once included into a dynamic context, helps to model many phenomena. Among the t- ics in which topology and dynamics are the essential tools, we will focus on the diffusion of technologies and fads, the rise of industrial districts, the evolution of ?nancial markets, cooperation and competition, information ?ows, centrality and prestige. The volume, including recent contributions to the ?eld of network modelling, is based on the communications presented at NET 2006 (Verbania, Italy) and NET 2007 (Urbino, Italy); offers a wide range of recent advances, both theoretical and methodological, that will interest academics as well as practitioners. Theory and applications are nicely integrated: theoretical papers deal with graph theory, game theory, coalitions, dynamics, consumer behavior, segregation models and new contributions to the above mentioned area. The applications cover a wide range: airline transportation, ?nancial markets, work team organization, labour and credit market.

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Author:   Ahmad K. Naimzada ,  Silvana Stefani ,  Anna Torriero
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2009 ed.
Volume:   613
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9783540684077

ISBN 10:   3540684077
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   28 October 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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