Random Walks and Diffusions on Graphs and Databases An Introduction /

• Main Authors: Blanchard, Philippe (Author), Volchenkov, Dimitri (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Springer Series in Synergetics, 10
• Subjects: Physics.; Data structures (Computer science).; Manifolds (Mathematics).; Complex manifolds.; Complexity, Computational.; Complex Networks.; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology).; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Complexity.

Most networks and databases that humans have to deal with contain large, albeit finite number of units. Their structure, for maintaining functional consistency of the components, is essentially not random and calls for a precise quantitative description of relations between nodes (or data units) and...