Complex Networks in Software, Knowledge, and Social Systems

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This book provides a comprehensive review of complex networks from three different domains, presents novel methods for analyzing them, and highlights applications with accompanying case studies. Special emphasis is placed on three specific kinds of complex networks of high technological and scientific importance: software networks extracted from the source code of computer programs, ontology networks describing semantic web ontologies, and co-authorship networks reflecting collaboration in science. The book is primarily intended for researchers, teachers and students interested in complex networks and network data analysis. However, it will also be valuable for researchers dealing with software engineering, ontology engineering and scientometrics, as it demonstrates how complex network analysis can be used to address important research issues in these three disciplines. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction to Complex Networks (Miloš Savić, Mirjana Ivanović, Lakhmi C. Jain)....Pages 3-16 Fundamentals of Complex Network Analysis (Miloš Savić, Mirjana Ivanović, Lakhmi C. Jain)....Pages 17-56 Front Matter ....Pages 57-57 Analysis of Software Networks (Miloš Savić, Mirjana Ivanović, Lakhmi C. Jain)....Pages 59-141 Analysis of Ontology Networks (Miloš Savić, Mirjana Ivanović, Lakhmi C. Jain)....Pages 143-175 Front Matter ....Pages 177-177 Co-authorship Networks: An Introduction (Miloš Savić, Mirjana Ivanović, Lakhmi C. Jain)....Pages 179-192 Extraction of Co-authorship Networks (Miloš Savić, Mirjana Ivanović, Lakhmi C. Jain)....Pages 193-234 Analysis of Co-authorship Networks (Miloš Savić, Mirjana Ivanović, Lakhmi C. Jain)....Pages 235-275 Analysis of Enriched Co-authorship Networks: Methodology and a Case Study (Miloš Savić, Mirjana Ivanović, Lakhmi C. Jain)....Pages 277-317