Social Networks: Modelling and Analysis
暫譯: 社交網絡：建模與分析

本書的目標是提供一個數學建模在社交媒體及相關網絡分析中的應用參考，並提供理論上可靠的背景以及適當的建議，以促進更好的決策。

Dr. Niyati Aggrawal is an accomplished and integrity-driven academic professional with over 10 years of rich experience in varied fields of social network analysis, social media mining, information diffusion on social media, web mining techniques and information security. She has guided various graduate projects in the fields of social network analysis and data mining. She has published several research papers in many reputed international journals and conferences related to the above- mentioned research areas. She has actively participated in various conferences, faculty develop-ment programs and workshops.

Dr. Adarsh Anand completed his doctorate in the area of Innovation Diffusion Modelling in Marketing and Software Reliability Assessment. Presently, he is working as an assistant professor in the Department of Operational Research, University of Delhi (India). In 2012, he was conferred with the Young Promising Researcher in the field of Technology Management and Software Reliability by Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM). He is a lifetime member of SREQOM. He is also on the editorial board of the International Journal of System Assurance and Engineering Management (Springer). He has guest edited several special issues for journals of international repute. He has edited two books, System Reliability Management (Solutions and Technologies) and Recent Advancements in Software Reliability Assurance, under the banner of Taylor and Francis (CRC Press). He has publications in journals of national and international repute. His research interests include modelling innovation adoption and successive generations in marketing, software reliability growth modelling and social media analysis.

Dr. Niyati Aggrawal 是一位成就卓越且以誠信為驅動的學術專業人士，擁有超過 10 年的豐富經驗，涵蓋社交網絡分析、社交媒體挖掘、社交媒體上的信息擴散、網絡挖掘技術及信息安全等多個領域。她曾指導多個研究生專案，專注於社交網絡分析和數據挖掘領域。她在上述研究領域的多個國際知名期刊和會議上發表了多篇研究論文。她積極參加各種會議、教職員發展計畫和工作坊。

Dr. Adarsh Anand 在市場行銷中的創新擴散建模及軟體可靠性評估領域完成了博士學位。目前，他在印度德里大學的運籌學系擔任助理教授。2012 年，他被可靠性工程、品質與運營管理學會 (SREQOM) 授予技術管理和軟體可靠性領域的青年有前途研究者獎。他是 SREQOM 的終身會員。並且，他也是《系統保證與工程管理國際期刊》（Springer）的編輯委員會成員。他曾為多個國際知名期刊的特刊擔任客座編輯。他編輯了兩本書籍，分別是《系統可靠性管理（解決方案與技術）》和《軟體可靠性保證的最新進展》，由泰勒與法朗西斯（CRC Press）出版。他在國內外知名期刊上發表了多篇論文。他的研究興趣包括市場行銷中的創新採用建模及後續世代、軟體可靠性增長建模和社交媒體分析。