Random Networks for Communication: From Statistical Physics to Information Systems (Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics, Series Number 24) - Hardcover

Franceschetti, Massimo; Meester, Ronald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521854423 ISBN 13: 9780521854429

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

When is a random network (almost) connected? How much information can it carry? How can you find a particular destination within the network? And how do you approach these questions - and others - when the network is random? The analysis of communication networks requires a fascinating synthesis of random graph theory, stochastic geometry and percolation theory to provide models for both structure and information flow. This book is the first comprehensive introduction for graduate students and scientists to techniques and problems in the field of spatial random networks. The selection of material is driven by applications arising in engineering, and the treatment is both readable and mathematically rigorous. Though mainly concerned with information-flow-related questions motivated by wireless data networks, the models developed are also of interest in a broader context, ranging from engineering to social networks, biology, and physics.

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Book Description

The first comprehensive introduction to techniques and problems in the field of spatial random networks, for graduate students and scientists. Motivated by applications to wireless data networks; both readable and rigorous. Models developed are also of interest in a broader context, ranging from engineering to social networks, biology, and physics.

About the Author

Massimo Franceschetti is assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, San Diego. His work in communication system theory sits at the interface between networks, information theory, and electromagnetic wave propagation.

Ronald Meester is professor of mathematics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He has published broadly in percolation theory, spatial random processes, self-organized criticality, ergodic theory, and forensic statistics and is the author of Continuum Percolation (with Rahul Roy) and A Natural Introduction to Probability Theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521854423
• ISBN 13: 9780521854429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212