Structure and Dynamics of Complex Socioeconomic Networks
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Complexity".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2021) | Viewed by 32614

Special Issue Editors
Interests: econophysics; sociophysics; complex economic networks; complex financial networks; fractal analysis; agent-based modelling; international trade networks
Interests: econophysics; sociophysics; complex economic networks; complex financial networks; fractal analysis; cooperation
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Dear Colleague,
Complex systems are ubiquitous in nature and human society, and are composed of microscopic units with nonlinear interactions that can be presented as complex networks. In the past decades, with the development of information technology, huge datasets have become available in diverse fields of social and economic activities, and the research on complex socioeconomic networks has flourished, significantly deepening our understanding of socioeconomic behaviors.
The behavior of a complex socioeconomic system is mainly determined by the structure and dynamics of the underlying network. From the viewpoint of econophysics and sociophysics, there is still huge room to investigate complex socioeconomic networks to develop new models and unveil novel or distinct properties, such as the measure, contagion, early warning, and containment of systemic social and economic risks.
This Special Issue aims at collecting theoretical, empirical, computational, and experimental contributions related to complex socioeconomic networks from all fields. Applications of complexity and entropy are particularly welcome. All submissions should concentrate on the structure or dynamics of complex socioeconomic networks. Comprehensive reviews are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Wei-Xing Zhou
Prof. Dr. Zhi-Qiang Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- complex social networks
- complex economic networks
- complex financial networks
- complexity and entropy
- structure and dynamics
- network robustness
- systemic risks
- network vulnerability
- network modeling
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