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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"Network Science"”.
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A cross-species network science approach to childhood adversity
… of adverse experiences in childhood, leveraging network science methods and computational modelling to accommodate more of the complexity inherent in the nature of childhood experiences and development. In Chapter 2, I aim to ascertain whether early-life adversity alters the development of rodent …
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Circular chemistry through network science and optimisation on big data
… pathways. In this thesis, the hypothesis that networks are essential to support sustainability assessment of reaction pathways from big data is posed and answered. This thesis identifies three main areas for development: data, metrics, and decision-making, and investigates the use of networks …
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THE PHONOGRAPHIC NETWORK OF LANGUAGE: USING NETWORK SCIENCE TO INVESTIGATE THE PHONOLOGICAL AND ORTHOGRAPHIC SIMILARITY STRUCTURE OF LANGUAGE
… To address these limitations, the tools of Network Science were used to simultaneously characterize the phonological as well as orthographic similarity structure of words in English within a phonographic multiplex. In this paper, I analyze a section of the phonographic multiplex known as the …
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Subcortical Network Properties in Parkinson's Disease
… reflecting the disruption of neural pathways. Network science analyses provide a promising way of further analyzing this characterization given the rich data they provide about the interrelationships between brain areas. In this study, network science graph theory based analyses were performed …
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Net work : social networks, disruptive agency, and innovation in Howells, Fitzgerald, Heller, Pynchon, and Gibson
This study uses concepts from network science to analyze the agency of outsider characters who cause change or disruption without necessarily securing economic or political power for themselves. Network science as theorized by thinkers like Duncan Watts (Six Degrees, 2003) and Albert-Laszlo …
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Network theory analysis of ethanol self-administering nonhuman primates
Since the late 20th century, network science has gained popularity in various fields, including the field of neuroimaging. Network science utilizes concepts of graph theory to model systems as complex networks. This approach is appealing to neuroscientists as it allows for a systems level …
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Robustness of complex supply chain networks to targeted attacks
… of complex supply chain systems from a network science perspective. Through the simulation of targeted attacks to nodes and edges using different hierarchical measures from network science to select the most relevant components, we evaluate the extent to which local centrality measures …
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Combined Aerobic and Cognitive Training Effects on Complex Brain Networks in Older Adults
Network science has become a powerful tool with which we can model the human brain as a complex network. Since the start of application of network science to the brain, many advances have been made. Due to this development of new metrics and network formation algorithms, the current study aimed to …
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Providing High Performance Computing based Models as a Service: Architecture and Services for Modeling Contagions on Large Networked Populations
Network science emerged as an interdisciplinary field over the last 20 years, and played a central role to address fundamental problems in other fields, e.g., epidemiology, public health, and transportation, and is now part of most university curriculums. Network dynamics is a major area within …
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Optimal structures and collective dynamics of human flows in transportation networks.
… through the lens of complex systems and network science. Beginning with an introduction to the relevance of studying cities and human mobility, we outline our aim to investigate the interplay between transportation network properties and collective human flows. The theoretical background …
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The web of dependencies a complex network analysis of the NPM
… This thesis maps out the complex dependency network within the npm ecosystem, the package manager for JavaScript. JavaScript is the world's most widely used programming language, and its pack age manager is a tool responsible for storing and distributing thousands of third-party software …
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An analysis of spatial percolation structures using a network approach
… means of an approach used so far in the field of network science. In the first chapter we summarize the major network concepts and characterizations that have been obtained as regards the statistical properties of several data sets or theoretical models, We also give a brief introduction to …
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A dynamic middleware to integrate multiple cloud infrastructures with remote apllications
… of the research institutes and organizations. Network science is an interesting field posing extreme computation demands to sustain complex large-scale networks. Several static or dynamic network analysis have to be performed through algorithms implementing complex graph theories, statistical …
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Structure, dynamics, and inference in networks
Networks offer a unified, conceptual formalism for reasoning about complex, relational systems. While pioneering work in network science focused primarily on the ability of "universal" models to explain the features of observed systems, contemporary research increasingly focuses on challenges and …
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MACHINE LEARNING FOR TEMPORAL HETEROGENEOUS GRAPHS: PREDICTIVE METHODS, INTERPRETABILITY AND APPLICATIONS.
… graphs by integrating modeling and tools from network science and graph deep learning. We introduce discrete-time graph learning architectures based on Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) and linear scoring functions tailored for forecasting dynamic, multi-relational networks, and provide a principled …
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Rhetorical fractures : designing for social movement growth using ancient and contemporary tools
… are considered, concerning how to make sense of networks of ideas, people, and organizations. These genres include ancient rhetoric, enterprise design theory including stakeholder salience frameworks, social movement theory, and network science consisting of game and graph theory. The purpose of …
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SARS-COV-2 DISSEMINATION USING UNITED STATES COUNTY ADJACENCIES
… By analyzing the United States’ county network structure, one can model and interdict potential higher infection areas. County officials can provide targeted information, preparedness training, and increased testing in these areas. While these approaches may provide adequate …
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From Contagion to Stability: Insights into Network Dynamics, Resilience and Stability
… of interconnected systems, such as financial networks, supply chains, software systems, and social networks, is a critical concern in today's highly connected world. While interconnectedness enables efficient economic transactions, rapid social learning, and adaptability to shocks, it also …
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Robot van der Rohe : 375 Park Avenue and the Future of the CBD
… urban economics and design, zoning and network science are covered. Robot van der Rohe represents a future vision of a dynamic and fluid high-rise, mixed-use office tower. By utilizing a sophisticated suite of sensors, the building is able to better respond to the needs of its occupants, …
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