Complex Networks: A Networking and Signal Processing Perspective

Preface

Complex networks are networks that have complex and irregular connectivity patterns. Unlike regular networks that have clear motifs on the organization of nodes and edges, complex networks are challenging to understand and characterize. The study of complex networks is important due to the fact that complex networks appear in many aspects of our life, including, for example, biological networks, molecular networks, social networks, transportation networks, electric power grids, communication networks, and the Internet. In fact, most physical and biological systems can behave as a complex network of subsystems and connectivity between them. Therefore, complex network modeling spans a large number of natural as well as man-made networks. ...