How Long to Read Networks of Echoes

How Long Does it Take to Read Networks of Echoes?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 49 minutes to read Networks of Echoes by Bruce J. West

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Networks of Echoes: Imitation, Innovation and Invisible Leaders is a mathematically rigorous and data rich book on a fascinating area of the science and engineering of social webs. There are hundreds of complex network phenomena whose statistical properties are described by inverse power laws. The phenomena of interest are not arcane events that we encounter only fleetingly, but are events that dominate our lives. We examine how this intermittent statistical behavior intertwines itself with what appears to be the organized activity of social groups. The book is structured as answers to a sequence of questions such as: How are decisions reached in elections and boardrooms? How is the stability of a society undermined by zealots and committed minorities and how is that stability re-established? Can we learn to answer such questions about human behavior by studying the way flocks of birds retain their formation when eluding a predator? These questions and others are answered using a generic model of a complex dynamic network—one whose global behavior is determined by a symmetric interaction among individuals based on social imitation. The complexity of the network is manifest in time series resulting from self-organized critical dynamics that have divergent first and second moments, are non-stationary, non-ergodic and non-Poisson. How phase transitions in the network dynamics influence such activity as decision making is a fascinating story and provides a context for introducing many of the mathematical ideas necessary for understanding complex networks in general. The decision making model (DMM) is selected to emphasize that there are features of complex webs that supersede specific mechanisms and need to be understood from a general perspective. This insightful overview of recent tools and their uses may serve as an introduction and curriculum guide in related courses.

How long is Networks of Echoes?

Networks of Echoes by Bruce J. West is 225 pages long, and a total of 57,375 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Networks of Echoes Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 13 minutes to read Networks of Echoes aloud.

What Reading Level is Networks of Echoes?

Networks of Echoes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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