Mark Newman
Encyclopedia
Mark Newman is a British
physicist
and Paul A. M. Dirac
Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan
, as well as an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute
. He is known for his research on the structure and function of networks such as social networks and information networks, and particularly for work on assortative mixing
and community structure
in networks.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
physicist
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
and Paul A. M. Dirac
Paul Dirac
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, OM, FRS was an English theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the early development of both quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics...
Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
, as well as an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe Institute
The Santa Fe Institute is an independent, nonprofit theoretical research institute located in Santa Fe and dedicated to the multidisciplinary study of the fundamental principles of complex adaptive systems, including physical, computational, biological, and social systems.The Institute houses a...
. He is known for his research on the structure and function of networks such as social networks and information networks, and particularly for work on assortative mixing
Assortative mixing
In the study of complex networks, assortative mixing, or assortativity, is a bias in favor of connections between network nodes with similar characteristics. In the specific case of social networks, assortative mixing is also known as homophily...
and community structure
Community structure
In the study of complex networks, a network is said to have community structure if the nodes of the network can be easily grouped into sets of nodes such that each set of nodes is densely connected internally...
in networks.
See also
- Complex networkComplex networkIn the context of network theory, a complex network is a graph with non-trivial topological features—features that do not occur in simple networks such as lattices or random graphs but often occur in real graphs...
- Social networkSocial networkA social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
- Assortative mixingAssortative mixingIn the study of complex networks, assortative mixing, or assortativity, is a bias in favor of connections between network nodes with similar characteristics. In the specific case of social networks, assortative mixing is also known as homophily...
- Community structureCommunity structureIn the study of complex networks, a network is said to have community structure if the nodes of the network can be easily grouped into sets of nodes such that each set of nodes is densely connected internally...
Articles
- MEJ. Newman (2005), Power laws, Pareto distributions and Zipf's law, Contemporary Physics, Sep/Oct 2005, Vol. 46 Issue 5, p323-351, 29p; DOI: 10.1080/00107510500052444. http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cond-mat/pdf/0412/0412004v3.pdf
External links
- http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/ Mark Newman's Homepage