Portland-State-University 2014-2015 Bulletin

SySc 336U Networks and Society

Introduces the new science of networks and its role in modeling the inherently complex problems of an interconnected, global society. Simulations explore the evolution of hierarchical, small-world and scale-free network structures and their dynamic behaviors. Implications for information democracy, cyber-terrorism, alternative economies (among other topics of student interest) are discussed.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
  • Up one level
  • 300