Coupled biological and chemical systems, neural networks, social interacting species, the
Internet and the World Wide Web, are only a few examples of systems composed by a large …

A key aim of postgenomic biomedical research is to systematically catalogue all molecules
and their interactions within a living cell. There is a clear need to understand how these …

Novelty is an essential feature of creative ideas, yet the building blocks of new ideas are
often embodied in existing knowledge. From this perspective, balancing atypical knowledge …

As the scientific enterprise has grown in size and diversity, we need empirical evidence on
the research process to test and apply interventions that make it more efficient and its results …

Uncovering the community structure exhibited by real networks is a crucial step toward an
understanding of complex systems that goes beyond the local organization of their …

Examining important results and analytical techniques, this graduate-level textbook is a step-
by-step presentation of the structure and function of complex networks. Using a range of …

Praise for the first edition:… superb, beautifully written and organized work that takes an
engineering approach to systems biology. Alon provides nicely written appendices to …

Random graph null models have found widespread application in diverse research
communities analyzing network datasets, including social, information, and economic …

Despite recent interest in reconstructing neuronal networks, complete wiring diagrams on
the level of individual synapses remain scarce and the insights into function they can …

Biological networks have an inherent simplicity: they are modular with a design that can be
separated into units that perform almost independently. Furthermore, they show reuse of …