Networks of Networks: The Last Frontier of Complexity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: D'Agostino, Gregorio (Editor), Scala, Antonio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Physics.; System theory.; Complexity, Computational.; Economic theory.; Complex Networks.; Complexity.; Complex Systems.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.

The present work is meant as a reference to provide an organic and comprehensive view of the most relevant results in the exciting new field of Networks of Networks (NetoNets). Seminal papers have recently been published posing the basis to study what happens when different networks interact, thus p...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Theoretical Approaches
• Network of Interdependent Networks: Overview of Theory and Applications (18 April 2013)
• Avalanches in Multiplex and Interdependent Networks
• Multiple Networks
•  Modeling Interconnected Networks as Random Graphs: Connectivity and Systemic Risk
• Thresholds and Complex Dynamics of Interdependent Cascading Infrastructure Systems
• Part II Applications
• Characterizing Relevant Network Structure with Reliability Polynomials
• Spatial Effects: Transport on Interdependent Networks
• Electrical Networks – An Introduction
• Smart Grid as Multi-Layer Interacting System for Complex Decision Makings
• Network Physiology: Mapping Interactions between Networks of Physiologic Networks
• Part III Phenomenological Models
• Federated Modelling and Simulation for Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Multisystem Simulation: Analysis of Critical Infrastructures for Disaster Response
• Addressing Interdependencies of Complex Technical Networks
• Financial Networks
• Spatial-Temporal Quantification of Interdependencies Across Infrastructure Networks
• Index.