Unit name | Dynamics of Networks |
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Unit code | EMATM0008 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Gross |
Open unit status | Open |
Pre-requisites |
EMAT10100 Engineering Mathematics 1 or equivalent |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
This unit will provide students with a basic working knowledge of network theory and introduces them to state-of-the-art techniques for applying the tools of nonlinear dynamics to high-dimensional "networked" systems. The importance and usefulness of the techniques will be illustrated on a wide range of application areas: swarming robots, disease propagation, ecological food webs, web search, peer to peer networks, social networks (e.g. Facebook), multi-hop wireless communication, and attack resilience of infrastructure networks, for example.
Aims: Enabling students to use a range of mathematical tools for the formulation and analysis of network dynamics models.
On successful completion of the unit the student will have
Lectures
100% coursework. Two written assignments, each worth 50%.
Each coursework assignment will consist of several compulsory questions, on guided formulation and analysis of network dynamics models and applications. The first piece of coursework will focus on and assess learning outcomes 1 & 2, and the second will focus on and assess learning outcomes 3 & 4.
Sergey Dorogovtsev, Lectures on complex networks, Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0199548934
Mark Newman, Networks: An Introduction, Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0199206650