Complex Network Dynamics
Computer Science Department University of Crete
Course Contents:
- I Graph Theory and Social Networks
- Graphs
- Strong and Weak Ties
- Networks in Their Surrounding Contexts
- II Game Theory
- Positive and Negative Relationships
- Games
- Evolutionary Game Theory
- Modeling Network Traffic using Game Theory
- Actions
- III Markets and Strategic Interaction in Networks
- Matching Markets
- Network Models of Markets with Intermediaries
- Bargaining and Power in Networks
- IV Information Networks and the World Wide Web
- The Structure of the Web
- Link Analysis and Web Search
- Sponsored Search Markets
- V Network Dynamics: Population Models
- Information Cascades
- Network Effects
- Power Laws and Rich-Get-Richer Phenomena
- VI Network Dynamics: Structural Models
- Cascading Behavior in Networks
- The Small-World Phenomenon
- Epidemics
- VII Institutions and Aggregate Behavior
- Markets and Information
- Voting
- Property Rights