| Foundational book on optimization of network structure, not just function, deriving comprehensible and realistic design principles. Connections are made with optimal mechanical structures, formation of bone structure, and neural, processing and communication networks, including the Internet and the Web. A masterful unification of theory from disparate fields and lessons from nature. |
| Peter Whittle is Professor Emeritus at the University of Cambridge. From 1973 to 1986 he was Director of the Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and this is his 11th book. |
| Acknowledgements Conventions on notation Tour d'Horizon Part Ⅰ: Distributional networks Simple flows Continuum formulations Multi-commodity and destination-specific flows Variable loading Concave costs and hierarchical structure Road networks Structural optimisation: Michell structures Computational experience of evolutionary algorithms Structure design for variable load Part Ⅱ: Artificial neural networks Models and learning Some particular nets Oscillatory operation Part Ⅲ: Processing networks Queueing networks Time-sharing processor networks Part Ⅳ: Communication networks Loss networks: optimisation and robustness Loss networks: stochastics and self-regulation Operation of the Internet Evolving networks and the Worldwide Web Appendix 1: Spatial integrals for the telephone problem Appendix 2: Bandit and tax processes Appendix 3: Random graphs and polymer models References Index |
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