Network theory - Marc Samet
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From social media to massive financial institutions, we live within a web of networks. But how do they work? How does Googling a single word provide millions of results? Marc Samet investigates how these networks keep us connected and how they remain "alive."
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Networking has adopted many meanings. The theoretical concept, as used in the social and behavioral sciences, may be the most popular undertstanding. It states that a network is a social structure made up of a set of actors (such as individuals or organizations) and the dyadic ties between these actors.
Network theory is an area of computer science and network science and part of graph theory. It has applications in many disciplines, including statistical physics, particle physics, computer science, biology, economics, operations research, and sociology. Network theory concerns itself with the study of graphs as a representation of either symmetric relations or, more generally, of asymmetric relations between discrete objects.
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Network theory is an area of computer science and network science and part of graph theory. It has applications in many disciplines, including statistical physics, particle physics, computer science, biology, economics, operations research, and sociology. Network theory concerns itself with the study of graphs as a representation of either symmetric relations or, more generally, of asymmetric relations between discrete objects.
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