TY - BOOK ID - 1446209 TI - Evolution and structure of the internet: a statistical physics approach AU - Pastor-Satorras, Romualdo AU - Vespignani, Alessandro PY - 2004 SN - 0521826985 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Computer architecture. Operating systems KW - Library research KW - Internet KW - Computer viruses KW - Computer networks KW - Web search engines KW - Virus informatiques KW - Réseaux d'ordinateurs KW - Moteurs de recherche sur Internet KW - History KW - Security measures KW - Histoire KW - Sécurité KW - Mesures KW - 681.3*Internet KW - 621.39* KW - Computerwetenschap--*--Internet KW - Internet. KW - Statistical physics. KW - 621.39* Internet KW - Réseaux d'ordinateurs KW - Sécurité KW - Statistical physics KW - Physics KW - Mathematical statistics KW - DARPA Internet KW - Internet (Computer network) KW - Wide area networks (Computer networks) KW - World Wide Web KW - Statistical methods UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1446209 AB - This book describes the application of statistical physics and complex systems theory to the study of the evolution and structure of the internet. Using a statistical physics approach the internet is viewed as a growing system that evolves in time through the addition and removal of nodes and links. This perspective permits us to outline the dynamical theory required for a description of the macroscopic evolution of the internet. The presence of such a theoretical framework appears to be a revolutionary and promising path towards our understanding of the internet and the various processes taking place on this network, including, for example, the spread of computer viruses or resilience to random or intentional damages. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in statistical physics, computer science and mathematics studying in this subject. ER -