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ISBN: 9781283080309
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Languages : en
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New Developments in the Theory of Networks
Author: Technological Advancements and the Impact of Actor-Network Theory
Author: Tatnall, ArthurPublisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466661275
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has existed as a topic of interest among social theorists for decades. Due to the prevalence of technology in modern society, discussions over the influence of actor-network theory on the changing scope of technology can assist in facilitating further research and scientific thought. Technological Advancements and the Impact of Actor-Network Theory focuses on cross-disciplinary research as well as examples of the use of actor-network theory in a variety of fields, including medicine, education, business, engineering, environmental science, computer science, and social science. This timely publication is well-suited for reference use by academicians, researchers, upper-level students, and theorists.
New Developments in the Theory of Networks
Author: Mika TuunanenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783790826166
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Building Next-Generation Converged Networks
Author: Al-Sakib Khan PathanPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466507640
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Providing a comprehensive introduction to next-generation networks, this book strikes a balance between how and why things work and making them work. It examines Internet architectures and protocols, network management and traffic engineering, embedded systems and sensor networks, web services, cloud technologies, and next-generation wireless networking. Containing the contributions of top industry experts and academics, the book investigates new technologies such as IPv6 over Low Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPAN) architectures and standards, mobility, and security.
Network Theory in the Public Sector
Author: Robyn KeastPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113501325X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Networks have been described in terms of metaphors, governance arrangements and structural or institutional arrangements. These different perspectives of networks come out of a variety of disciplines, including political science, public administration, urban affairs, social welfare, public management and organizational/sociological research. This wealth of research, while contributing to a deeper understanding of networks, presents a dilemma which is addressed by this book. That is the question of whether there is a theory of public networks that informs networks in their various forms, and is there a need for a new theory of networks? More importantly, is network research still relevant to practice? Does network theory improve the process of governance? Are different terms and/or approaches actually the same or different? What do these different approaches mean to theory? This book deeply explores and integrates existing network theory and related theories from a number of perspectives, levels and jurisdictions to develop a framework to guide network design, governance and management. The book focuses on the important issue of network performance, looking at networks as bounded and consciously arranged; the actors who participate in them design the relationships among a bounded set of individual organizations to purse common objectives. Finally, the chapters tease out the variety of governance modes or regimes that intersect with network governance. This book offers a comprehensive, integrative, interdisciplinary approach that enables specialists, practitioners and administrators across a wide array of interests and fields to formulate and work on problems using a common language, analytical framework and theoretical basis.
Linked
Author: Albert-László BarabásiPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465038611
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The best-selling guide to network science, the revolutionary field that reveals the deep links between all forms of human social life A cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. In Linked, Albert-Lálórabá, the nation's foremost expert in the new science of networks, takes us on an intellectual adventure to prove that social networks, corporations, and living organisms are more similar than previously thought. Barabá shows that grasping a full understanding of network science will someday allow us to design blue-chip businesses, stop the outbreak of deadly diseases, and influence the exchange of ideas and information. Just as James Gleick and the Erdos-Réi model brought the discovery of chaos theory to the general public, Linked tells the story of the true science of the future and of experiments in statistical mechanics on the internet, all vital parts of what would eventually be called the Barabá-Albert model.
Network Science
Author: Albert-László BarabásiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107076269
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Illustrated throughout in full colour, this pioneering text is the only book you need for an introduction to network science.
Science and Industry
Author: Koenraad DebackerePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330360453
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Excerpt from Science and Industry: A Theory of Networks and Paradigms The recent interest in 'network' forms of organization serves as a starting point to better understand the dynamic characteristics of technology development. Network theory allows one to describe the relations between 'actors' involved in the development of new technologies both cross-sectionally and longitudinally and, as a consequence, to model the structural and behavioral development of a community of actors (regardless whether this 'community' is defined as a set of individuals, e.g. the 'scientific' community, or whether it is defined as a collection of organizations, e.g. an industry). In this paper, this network approach is used to develop a theoretical framework to understand the knowledge transition from 'scientific' paradigm status to a 'technological' paradigm status. It is believed that the propositions made in this paper will enable truly empirical studies on the nature of the development of 'scientific' and 'technological' paradigms. This paper attempts to link science and economics at two different levels. First of all, the relations between the development of a scientific field and the body of knowledge applied in an industrial environment will be studied. Second, we demonstrate how certain concepts and models used to describe industrial change can be successfully applied to scientific change and vice versa. On the one hand, we will focus on the differences between industrial and non-industrial research. On the other hand, we will stress the similarities which appear in the development of a scientific field and an industry. To prevent unnecessary causes for ambiguity and debate we will not speak of science and technology (e.g. Kroes, 1989; Richards, 1987; Weingart, 1978) but of industrial and non-industrial science or research. Two concepts are crucial to the line of inquiry we will pursue: networks and paradigms. Both scientists and enterprises form 'networks.' Paradigms can be used to describe the developments of these networks. Dosi (1982) introduced the concept of the technological paradigm. In this paper we argue that it may be appropriate to define these technological paradigms as industry-specific. They represent an implicit agreement between producers and consumers/users about the nature of the product or the service to be delivered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Recent Developments in Network Theory
Author: S. R. DeardsPotential Theory on Infinite Networks
Author: Paolo M. SoardiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540487980
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
The aim of the book is to give a unified approach to new developments in discrete potential theory and infinite network theory. The author confines himself to the finite energy case, but this does not result in loss of complexity. On the contrary, the functional analytic machinery may be used in analogy with potential theory on Riemann manifolds. The book is intended for researchers with interdisciplinary interests in one of the following fields: Markov chains, combinatorial graph theory, network theory, Dirichlet spaces, potential theory, abstract harmonic analysis, theory of boundaries.