Bringing networks to life

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Douglas R. White & Laurent Tambayong, IMBS, UCI Progenerative network analysis: causal and evolutionary analysis ("Bringing networks to life") A joint project with Andrej Mrvar

Abstract: Living beings have phylogenetic and genealogical networks and exist in the context of multi-level emergent entities such as ecosystems, social and kinship networks, and geographic distributions. Modeled with multi-level graphical and formal network analysis, explanatory and causal models are evaluated in ways that include the mutual causality of cohesive communities, resources, inheritance, and migration. Clickable multi-level SVG graphs, Pajek, R, ArcGIS and other analytical systems are brought into a new systems-modeling configuration for trial analysis of sustainability in evolutionary and ecological processes. tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/cqu697

  • Cohesive community cutoffs (k-cohesion level and size)
sustainability/extinction thresholds
Ecosystem
Species
Farming community
Foraging community
Kinship community
bubble creation/collapse
city growth
market growth
empire expansion
inequality expansion

See Vision statement: Human Sustainabilities and Societies Project