Optimization in Complex Networks
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Complexity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2021) | Viewed by 257
Special Issue Editors
2. Data, Complex Networks and Cybersecurity Research Institute, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Plaza Manuel Becerra, 28028 Madrid, Spain
Interests: complex networks; applied mathematics
Special Issue Information
Complex networks, and their various concepts and associated tools, arise everywhere due to their multiple applications that have appeared, especially in the last few decades. This has led to different aspects of optimization expanding in all directions at an incredible pace, with new techniques, and algorithmic and theoretical tools appearing, some of them in the process of generalization and development. On the other hand, the diffusion of these tools in other disciplines has advanced very quickly and, simultaneously, our knowledge of the various aspects of complex networks has been accommodated in the scientific community, demanding even greater depth. This is particularly the case, given that one of the most surprising trends in optimization is the emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of this branch of science. Bearing in mind that optimization continues to be a basic tool in all areas of applied mathematics, engineering, and science and technology in general, we want to present and bring together in this Special Issue a wide spectrum of recent results, relationships and developments, emphasizing both the theory and recent applications of complex networks: structure and dynamics, high-order networks, algorithmic approaches to optimization, machine learning and complex networks, security, privacy, communication networks, fintech, and biological or social networks, among others.
Prof. Dr. Regino Criado Herrero
Prof. Miguel Romance
Guest Editors
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