Graph and Network Entropies
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Statistical Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2018) | Viewed by 37672
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of graphs and networks to represent physical systems has become a major paradigm in modern science. Graphs are now ubiquitous to study quantum and molecular systems, macromolecules and their interactions, socio-economic and ecological systems, and infrastructural and technological systems, among others. The structural characterization of these systems is an important step in understanding their functioning, robustness and stability. From a mathematical and a physical point of view, the use of entropies and entropy-like measures to characterize graph/network structure is of paramount importance. This Special Issue focuses on original and new research results concerning the development and applications of entropies and entropy-like measures for studying graphs and networks. We welcome submissions addressing fundamental and methodological (mathematical, information, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and others) aspects of graph/networks entropies, applications of entropies to the study of structural and dynamical processes in graphs and networks in any area of applications, as well as those on more specific topics that illustrate the broad impact of entropy-based techniques in understanding the complexity of the systems represented by graphs and networks. We will consider computationally-oriented works when they give rise to a clear understanding of the structural and dynamical processes under consideration.
Prof. Dr. Ernesto Estrada
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- graph entropy
- network entropy
- entropy and network structure
- entropy and quantum graphs
- entropy and molecular graphs
- applications of graph entropy
- entropy and brain networks
- entropy and biological networks
- entropy and infrastructural networks
- statistical mechanics of graphs/networks
- graph thermodynamics
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