Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

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Akademie věd České republiky

Interdisciplinární fyzika

Applications of theoretical physics in other branches of science are investigated. Special attention is paid on complex networks both in social systems and in biology. Empirical data are analyzed by methods of random matrix theory, where spectra of the matrices and localization properties visualise relevant structural features. This way we for example reveal strongly interacting clusters of agents in electronic commerce or functional units of metabolic networks in living organisms.

Example of a cluster of users identified on Amazon.com

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