A first course in network theory Professor Ernesto Estrada, Professor in Mathematics and Chair in Complexity Science, University of Strathclyde, UK, Dr. Philip A. Knight, Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Strathclyde, UK.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to network theory -- General concepts in network theory -- How to prove it -- Data analysis and manipulation -- Algebraic concepts in network theory -- Spectra of adjacency matrices -- The network Laplacian -- Classical physics analogies -- Degree distributions -- Clustering coefficients of networks -- Random models of networks -- Matrix functions -- Fragment-based measures -- Classical node centrality -- Spectral node centrality -- Quantum physics analogies -- Global properties of networks I -- Global properties of networks II -- Communicability in networks -- Statistical physics analogies -- Communities in networks.