Networks, crowds, and markets
by David Easley · first published 2010
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Why HN recommends it
Undergraduate-level introduction to graph theory with practical material on modelling networks of people, plus auctions and game theory; free online and suited to self-study alongside other math texts.
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I would add near the top of your list the awesome (and free[1]) book by David Easley and Jon Kleinberg that accompanies their Cornell undergraduate course: Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World. [1] http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/
on “An Introduction to Graph Theory and Network Science” ↗If you're interested in this, I highly recommend the book Networks, Crowds, and Markets [1]. It's an awesome (undergrad-level) introduction to graph theory, and has a ton of practical information on how it applies to modelling networks of people, as well as economic things like auctions…
on “Graph and Network Analysis: Tutorial, datasets and code” ↗…because the physics and math of orbital mechanics can still be provided for good simulations. Not sure if the same holds true for Game Theory apart from historical interest. For a better introduction see Networks, Crowds and Markets: https://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/
on “Classic RAND Papers” ↗I am doing this too, with Macdonald's "Linear and Geometric Algebra" and "Vector and Geometric Calculus" along with "Networks, Crowds, and Markets" and "Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics." It's slow going, but very enjoyable. The most interesting side effect I've noticed from doing this is a dramatic improvement in my ability to focus. I had been suffering…
on “A Software Engineer’s Adventures in Learning Mathematics” ↗Give networks crowds and markets a glance. It's a fun book. https://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/netwo... But thats from Kleinberg - the person who I was referring to :-) After that there is personalised page rank…
on “Google's PageRank patent has expired” ↗…Prisoner's Dilemma is a fun starting point if anyone is interested in an academic side trip: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/prisoner-dilemma/. Game theory is highly interesting. There is also the book "Networks, Crowds and Markets", which is free to read online [0] and well worth a read. I've actually had an university course about it. [0] https://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/netwo...
on “It’s Not Your Team, It’s You” ↗…use D3 and gephi for visualization. Am also taking the Coursera course on Social Network Analysis (https://class.coursera.org/sna-2012-001/class/index) and reading the course book Easley & Kleinberg, Networks, Crowds and Markets. Thanks for sharing again.
on “The Data Science loop: the day-to-day work of a data scientist” ↗…Advances in Financial Machine Learning Algorithmic Trading Other: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free productivity Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes Chaos: Making a New Science Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World Data and Reality: A Timeless Perspective on Perceiving and Managing Information in Our Imprecise World
on “Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?” ↗That's a pretty good list. Here's another one that's just come out: Easley and Kleinberg's "Networks, Crowds and Markets" : http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/
on “Free Computer Science books online.” ↗…Architecture, Cellular mechanisms of brain function, Human Anatomy, Introduction to Physiology, Principles of Biochemistry, Solid State Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Statistics and R for the Life Sciences, Networks, Crowds and Markets, Introduction to Big Data with Apache Spark, Vocal Recording Technology, Horse Nutrition, and many more. I think this is closer to what the article advocates. You just replaced relatively shallow news…
on “Things You Notice When You Quit the News” ↗