2 The Geometric Structure of Networks
Networks, which we briefly encountered in Chapter 1, play an increasingly large role in our lives; accordingly, network data plays an increasingly large role in data science. How do we measure the influence of a user on social media? Or judge the robustness of a computer network against hackers? Or identify people who bridge different social groups? These are all questions about the geometric structure of networks, and they are all examples of concepts we will explore in this chapter.
We’ll begin this chapter with a brief motivational section arguing why network data is an important topic in modern data ...
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