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Epidemics and Rumours in Complex Networks Moez Draief (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London)

Epidemics and Rumours in Complex Networks By Moez Draief (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London)

Summary

This concise introduction to basic models, analytical tools and mathematical and algorithmic results is an ideal accompaniment for graduate courses. It is also for researchers (statistical physicists, biologists, social scientists) who need an efficient guide to modern approaches to epidemic modelling on networks.

Epidemics and Rumours in Complex Networks Summary

Epidemics and Rumours in Complex Networks by Moez Draief (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London)

Information propagation through peer-to-peer systems, online social systems, wireless mobile ad hoc networks and other modern structures can be modelled as an epidemic on a network of contacts. Understanding how epidemic processes interact with network topology allows us to predict ultimate course, understand phase transitions and develop strategies to control and optimise dissemination. This book is a concise introduction for applied mathematicians and computer scientists to basic models, analytical tools and mathematical and algorithmic results. Mathematical tools introduced include coupling methods, Poisson approximation (the Stein-Chen method), concentration inequalities (Chernoff bounds and Azuma-Hoeffding inequality) and branching processes. The authors examine the small-world phenomenon, preferential attachment, as well as classical epidemics. Each chapter ends with pointers to the wider literature. An ideal accompaniment for graduate courses, this book is also for researchers (statistical physicists, biologists, social scientists) who need an efficient guide to modern approaches to epidemic modelling on networks.

Epidemics and Rumours in Complex Networks Reviews

'this is a nice introduction, at the level of a graduate course, to the propagation of biological epidemics and the spread of rumours in networks, aimed at students in computer science and applied probability.' Zentralblatt MATH

About Moez Draief (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London)

Moez Draief is Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College, London. Laurent Massoulie is Senior Researcher at Thomson Corporate Research in Paris. He has been the recipient of several best paper awards including ACM CoNEXT 2007.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Shapeless Networks: 1. Galton-Watson branching processes; 2. Reed-Frost epidemics and Erdos-Renyi random graphs; 3. Connectivity and Poisson approximation; 4. Diameter of Erdos-Renyi graphs; 5. From microscopic to macroscopic dynamics; Part II. Structured Networks: 6. The small-world phenomenon; 7. Power laws via preferential attachment; 8. Epidemics on general graphs; 9. Viral marketing and optimised epidemics; References; Index.

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NLS9780521734431
9780521734431
0521734436
Epidemics and Rumours in Complex Networks by Moez Draief (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London)
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Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2009-12-03
130
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