An Introduction to Grids Graphs and Networks

<em>An Introduction to Grids Graphs and Networks</em> aims to provide a concise introduction to graphs and networks at a level that is accessible to scientists engineers and students. In a practical approach the book presents only the necessary theoretical concepts from mathematics and considers a variety of physical and conceptual configurations as prototypes or examples. The subject is timely as the performance of networks is recognized as an important topic in the study of complex systems with applications in energy material and information grid transport (epitomized by the internet). The book is written from the practical perspective of an engineer with some background in numerical computation and applied mathematics and the text is accompanied by numerous schematic illustrations throughout. <p/>In the book Constantine Pozrikidis provides an original synthesis of concepts and terms from three distinct fields-mathematics physics and engineering-and a formal application of powerful conceptual apparatuses like lattice Green's function to areas where they have rarely been used. It is novel in that its grids graphs and networks are connected using concepts from partial differential equations. This original material has profound implications in the study of networks and will serve as a resource to readers ranging from undergraduates to experienced scientists.<br>