Sample Questions Week 11
Complex Systems II
- Structure
- Why are
networks an important tool in complex systems?
- Define degree
distribution, in-degree and out-degree.
- What are
the differences between networks with constant, random and scale free
degree distributions?
- Give
examples of real world systems that can naturally be thought of as networks.
- What would
nodes and links represent in a social network?
- Define
distance, diameter, density and cluster coefficient.
- How does a
small world network differ from a random network?
- How does a
small world network differ from a grid?
- What features
of real life can be modelled by small world
networks?
- How is
information transmitted on a small world network?
- Is it
faster or slower than on a grid? Justify your answer.
- How are
random networks created?
- How can
small-world networks be created?
- Dynamics
- What’s an
expression pattern?
- What’s an
attractor?
- What’s an
attractor basin?
- What are
the four classes of dynamical behaviours?
- Computation (Not
Examinable)