Socio-Technical Networks: Science and Engineering Design

Theres long been a need for a book that addresses concrete socio-technical network (STN) design issues from algorithmic and engineering perspectives. Filling this need, this book provides a complete introduction to the fundamentals of STN-including its definition, historical background, and models. Covering basic STN architecture, it considers the system design process in a typical STN and includes three in-depth case studies that consider applications in healthcare, virtual communities, and power plant management.