Network Science

National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Army Science and Technology, Committee on Network Science for Future Army Applications (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

124 Seiten

2006
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-10026-7 (ISBN)

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The US Army depends on a broad array of interacting physical, informational, cognitive, and social networks. This book presents an assessment of the importance and content of network science. It provides an analysis of how the Army might advance the transformation to NCO operations by supporting fundamental research on networks.

The military is currently attempting to develop itself into a force capable of networkcentric
operations. While this effort has highlighted the military's dependence on
interacting networks, it has also shown that there is a huge gap between what we need to
know about networks and our fundamental knowledge about network behavior. This gap
makes the military vision of NCO problematic. To help address this problem, the Army
asked the NRC to find out whether identifying and funding a new field of "network
science" could help close this gap. This report presents an examination of networks andthe military, an analysis of the promise, content, and challenges of network science, and an assessment of approaches to creating value from network science.Table of Contents

Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Networks and Network Research in the 21st Century
3 Networks and the Military
4 The Definition and Promise of Network Science
5 The Content of Network Science
6 Status and Challenges of Network Science
7 Creating Value from Network Science: Scope of the Opportunity
8 Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Appendix B Committee Meetings and Other Activities
Appendix C Content of Network Science Courses
Appendix D Questionnaire Data
Appendix E Opportunities for Creating Value from Network Science
Appendix F Recommended Reading List

Committee on Network Science for Future Army Applications, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Networks and Network Research in the 21st Century; 5 3 Networks and the Military; 6 4 The Definition and Promise of Network Science; 7 5 The Content of Network Science; 8 6 Status and Challenges of Network Science; 9 7 Creating Value from Network Science: Scope of the Opportunity; 10 8 Conclusions and Recommendations; 11 Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 12 Appendix B Committee Meetings and Other Activities; 13 Appendix C Content of Network Science Courses; 14 Appendix D Questionnaire Data; 15 Appendix E Opportunities for Creating Value from Network Science; 16 Appendix F Recommended Reading List

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.1.2006
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
ISBN-10	0-309-10026-7 / 0309100267
ISBN-13	978-0-309-10026-7 / 9780309100267
Zustand	Neuware