Weak Links: The Universal Key to the Stability of Networks and Complex Systems
Springer (2009)
| Abstract | A principle is born: the Granovetter study -- Why do we like networks? -- Network stability -- Weak links as stabilizers of complex systems -- Atoms, molecules, and macromolecules -- Weak links and cellular stability -- Weak links and the stability of organisms -- Social nets -- Networks of human culture -- The global web -- The Ecoweb -- Conclusions and perspectives. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Whole and parts (Philosophy System analysis Stability Complex organizations Social networks | |||||||||
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| Call number | BD396.C75 2009 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 3642011926 3540311513 9783642011924 | |||||||||
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