Anna Nagurney on IT Conversations

Anna Nagurney's great talk on Supernetworks at MeshForum 2005 is now available at IT Conversations.  Their description:

What is common between web traffic and transportation? If a path always has heavy traffic will building a bypass or an alternative path really help the cause? Or will it worsen it? How do you use network theory to solve transportation and water supply problems? How is the study of networks helpful in solving complex problems in finance and economics? Anna Nagurney answers these questions in her presentation on "Networks - The Science That Spans Disciplines".

In this presentation, she talks about the scientific underpinnings of networks and explains about classical networks. She talks about interesting applications of networks to different disciplines. Supernetworks is a new branch of study which helps in solving problems associated with constructing and improving networks. Many of the solutions to these network problems can be applied to different disciplines with minor modifications. One of the more exciting applications currently being explored is to social networks.