Networks, Crowds, and Markets

by David Easley and Jon Kleinberg

Book Overview

Are all film stars linked to Kevin Bacon? Why do the stock markets rise and fall sharply on the strength of a vague rumour? How does gossip spread so quickly? Are we all related through six degrees of separation? There is a growing awareness of the complex networks that pervade modern society. We see them in the rapid growth of the internet, the ease of global communication, the swift spread of news and information, and in the way epidemics and financial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521195330
• ISBN13: 9780521195331
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 744 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.3" x 10.2"