Generalized mutual entropy is defined for networks and applied in the analysis of complex network structures. The method is tested for the case of computer simulated scale-free networks, random networks, and their mixtures. The possible applications for real network analysis are discussed.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the evolvement of investors’ behavior in stock market dynamically on the basis of non-cooperative strategy applied by investors in complex networks. Design/methodology/approach Using modeling and simulation research method, this study designs and...

For decades, the spatial approach to network analysis has principally focused on planar and technical networks from a classic graph theory perspective. Reference to models and methods developed by other disciplines on non-planar networks, such as sociology and physics, is recent, limited, and...

We consider a dynamic model of network formation where agents form and sever links based on the centrality of their potential partners. We show that the existence of capacity constrains in the amount of links an agent can maintain introduces a transition from dissortative to assortative...

Using a multi-scroll oscillator with an adjustable number of scrolls as chaos generator, this paper shows how an adequate control of the chaotic masking signal provides the basis for an improved security in private communication. We base the selection of the masking signal on two criteria...

By taking China’s beer industry as an example, this paper establishes a series of industrial competition–pressure networks and examines the correlation between competition structure and merger actions. We present a cascade dynamic-merger agent-based computational model driven by competition...

Knowing the dynamic road risk for pedestrian evacuation and having an efficient evacuation plan play a very important role in the serious disasters such as earthquake, tsunami and hurricane. In this paper, the dynamic road risk for pedestrian evacuation in a densely populated area of Beijing was...