Despite the swift spread of social network concepts and their applications and the rising use of network analysis in social science, there is no book that provides a thorough general introduction for the serious reader. Understanding Social Networks fills that gap by explaining the big ideas that underlie the social network phenomenon. Written for those interested in this fast moving area but who are not mathematically inclined, it covers fundamental concepts, then discusses networks and their core themes in increasing order of complexity. Kadushin demystifies the concepts, theories, and findings developed by network experts. He selects material that serves as basic building blocks and examples of best practices that will allow the reader to understand and evaluate new developments as they emerge. Understanding Social Networks will be useful to social scientists who encounter social network research in their reading, students new to the network field, as well as managers, marketers, and others who constantly encounter social networks in their work.

《整体网分析讲义:UCINET软件实用指南》讲述了：社会网络分析被认为是与理性选择学派、新制度理论学派并举的重要学派，在管理学、社会学等领域有很大影响，而国内相关论著比较少。《整体网分析讲义:UCINET软件实用指南》梳理了大量国内、国外研究成果，全面介绍了社会网分析的重要内容——整体网分析，以及如何使用UCINET软件实施测量。《整体网分析讲义:UCINET软件实用指南》最大的特点是全面、详尽、实用，是读者使用UCINET软件进行整体网分析的得力助手。

Review Lucid and comprehensive, Jackson's book elegantly synthesizes several important strands of network science from sociology, physics, mathematics, computer science, and economics. It will be an immensely useful reference for researchers and students alike. (Duncan Watts, Columbia University ) Product Description Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. The many aspects of our lives that are governed by social networks make it critical to understand how they impact behavior, which network structures are likely to emerge in a society, and why we organize ourselves as we do. In Social and Economic Networks, Matthew Jackson offers a comprehensive introduction to social and economic networks, drawing on the latest findings in economics, sociology, computer science, physics, and mathematics. He provides empirical background on networks and the regularities that they exhibit, and discusses random graph-based models and strategic models of network formation. He helps readers to understand behavior in networked societies, with a detailed analysis of learning and diffusion in networks, decision making by individuals who are influenced by their social neighbors, game theory and markets on networks, and a host of related subjects. Jackson also describes the varied statistical and modeling techniques used to analyze social networks. Each chapter includes exercises to aid students in their analysis of how networks function. This book is an indispensable resource for students and researchers in economics, mathematics, physics, sociology, and business.

《复杂系统与复杂网络》从研究复杂系统的角度来介绍复杂网络。作为一本入门引导，前五章介绍一些复杂系统理论的基础知识，包括熵、计算机与信息、非平衡统计物理学、耗散结构与协同学、临界现象与自组织临界性、混沌、元胞自动机模型、复杂性的定义与量度、有关的统计物理学方法、博弈论、数理统计、图论等。第六、第七章介绍复杂网络的一些基础知识，包括描述网络拓扑结构的统计性质以及一些有影响的网络演化模型。在第八、第九、第十章中介绍了网络上的物理传输过程、生命网络和合作网络与合作一竞争网络。其中侧重介绍了作者群体的工作。另外，《复杂系统与复杂网络》阐述了作者们对复杂网络研究前景的一些看法，特别是在第十一章中介绍了关于复杂网络动力学框架的一些最新研究。 《复杂系统与复杂网络》可作为复杂系统与复杂网络研究方向的研究生教材，也可作为相关领域研究人员的参考书。

A cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. Albert-László Barabási, the nation's foremost expert in the new science of networks, takes us on an intellectual adventure to prove that social networks, corporations, and living organisms are more similar than previously thought. Grasping a full understanding of network science will someday allow us to design blue-chip businesses, stop the outbreak of deadly diseases, and influence the exchange of ideas and information. Just as James Gleick brought the discovery of chaos theory to the general public, Linked tells the story of the true science of the future.