5 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
Q2
This learning unit is not being organized during year 2018-2019.
Language
English
Prerequisites
This course assumes the student already masters the discrete mathematical skills targeted by the course LINFO1114
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
- Graphs (basic concepts, paths and connectivity)
- Applications of graphs, for example, to model social networks (links, homophilia, closing)
- Discrete structures on the Internet: graphs and properties of graphs, giant components, strong and weak links, triadic closure, structural equilibrium, equilibrium theorem, web structure, PageRank, power laws, the long tail
- Introduction to game theory
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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Given the learning outcomes of the "Bachelor in Engineering" program, this course contributes to the development, acquisition and evaluation of the following learning outcomes:
Students completing successfully this course will be able to
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Bibliography
David Easley and Jon Kleinberg, Networks, Crowds and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Faculty or entity
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