Handbook of Optimization in Complex Networks Communication and Social Networks [Paperback]

Complex Social Networks is a newly emerging (hot) topic with applications in a variety of domains, such as communication networks, engineering networks, social networks, and biological networks. In the last decade, there has been an explosive growth of research on complex real-world networks, a theme that is becoming pervasive in many disciplines, ranging from mathematics and computer science to the social and biological sciences.Optimization of complex communication networks requires a deep understanding of the interplay between the dynamics of the physical network and the information dynamics within the network.Although there are a few books addressing social networks or complex networks, none of them has specially focused on the optimization perspective of studying these networks. This book provides the basic theory of complex networks with several new mathematical approaches and optimization techniques to design and analyze dynamic complex networks.A wide range of applications and optimization problems derived from research areas such as cellular and molecular chemistry, operations research, brain physiology, epidemiology, and ecology.This book explores the basic theory of complex networks, presenting new mathematical approaches and optimization techniques for designing and analyzing dynamic complex networks. Covers applications in communications, engineering, social networks and more.Part 1: Complex Communication Networks1.Network Traffic and Routing2.Optimization in Designing Complex Communication Networks3.Robustness and Vulnerability4.Resilience of the Internet to Random and Intentional Breakdown5.Network Interdependency and Cascading Failures6.Searching in Complex NetworksPart 2: Online Social Networks1.Internet-scale Measurement and Analysis of Online Communities2.Correlation of Different Types of Social Networks3.Social Media Analysis: Blogs and Friendship Networks4.Implication of Social Networks on Networks and Distributed System Design5.Algorithms and Tl"