Networks in Action : Communication, Economics and Human Knowledge /

This book presents the latest information on both the theory and applications of networks, especially from the fields of transportation and communication, economics and human knowledge handling. It demonstrates that networks are of broad interest and that networks analysis from different disciplines...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Batten, David
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Casti, J. L., Thord, Roland
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1995.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Networks Theory: The Theory of Networks
  • Links. Arrows, and Networks: Fundamental Metaphors in Human Thought
  • The Multidimensional Networks of Complex Systems
  • Network as Dynamic Systems
  • Communication and Human Knowledge: Network Models of Human-Machine Interaction
  • Knowledge Network and Market Structure: An Analytical Perspective
  • Economic Models of Knowledge Networks
  • Videoconferencing: Economic Arguments on an Overrated Communication Network
  • Infrastructure Networks: Overland Transportation Networks: History of Development and Future Prospects
  • The Strategic Role of New Infrastructure Networks in Europe
  • Europe's Hierarchical Network Economy
  • Economic Networks: Networks, Sustainable Differentiation, and Economic Development
  • The Dynamics of Economic Networks
  • Economic Network Synergetics.