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Networks in Action

Communication, Economics and Human Knowledge

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. David Batten

    1. Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. John Casti

    1. Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, USA

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  3. Roland Thord

    1. Temaplan AB, Stockholm, Sweden

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Networks Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Theory of Networks

      • John L. Casti
      Pages 3-24

    3. Links, Arrows, and Networks: Fundamental Metaphors in Human Thought

      • Jeffrey Johnson
      Pages 25-48

    4. The Multidimensional Networks of Complex Systems

      • Jeffrey Johnson
      Pages 49-79

    5. Network as Dynamic Systems

      • Anders Karlqvist
      Pages 81-106

  3. Communication and Human Knowledge

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Network Models of Human-Machine Interaction

      • William B. Rouse
      Pages 109-126

    3. Knowledge Network and Market Structure: An Analytical Perspective

      • Kiyoshi Kobayashi
      Pages 127-158

    4. Economic Models of Knowledge Networks

      • Martin J. Beckmann
      Pages 159-174

    5. Videoconferencing: Economic Arguments on an Overrated Communication Network

      • Rico Maggi
      Pages 175-191

  4. Infrastructure Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Overland Transportation Networks: History of Development and Future Prospects

      • Nebojša Nakićenović
      Pages 195-228

    3. The Strategic Role of New Infrastructure Networks in Europe

      • Peter Nijkamp, Adriaan Perrels, Leo Schippers
      Pages 229-250

    4. Europe’s Hierarchical Network Economy

      • David F. Batten, Roland Thord
      Pages 251-266

  5. Economic Networks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267
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    2. Networks, Sustainable Differentiation, and Economic Development

      • Ehud Zuscovitch, Moshe Justman
      Pages 269-285

    3. The Dynamics of Economic Networks

      • Börje Johansson
      Pages 287-308

    4. Economic Network Synergetics

      • Åke E. Andersson
      Pages 309-318

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 319-327
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fifteen countries in Scandinavia, Europe, Asia, Australia, and U.S.A. All of them came to Stockholm primarily because they recognize the growing im­ portance of networks as complex systems, and their home institutions do not offer any systematic lectures on this topic. The Networks Course was originally initiated jointly by the Summer University of Southern Stockholm Foundation and the County Council of Stockholm, the Swedish Aviation Administration, the Swedish National Road Administration, the Swedish Post, the Swedish State Railways, and Telia AB. They have all served as joint sponsors and hosts for the Course. In the year 1993 the Course also was sponsored by the Swedish Transport and Communications Research Board. All these organizations have supported the publication of a series of key lectures from the Course, to be released as a single volume entitled Networks in Action. It is the ambition of the Foundation to create continuity in its activities for the future. The board has proposed to its principals to take a decision in this direction. It is my expectation that this will be the case for the Networks Course from 1995. This book will then serve as a basic reference for use in an era when the topic of Communication-Networks will be included on a permanent basis in the Summer University's agenda.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden

    David Batten

  • Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, USA

    John Casti

  • Temaplan AB, Stockholm, Sweden

    Roland Thord

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