Networked life : 20 questions and answers / Mung Chiang.
By: Chiang, Mung
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TextPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Description: xxvi, 478 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781107024946.Other title: Networked life: twenty questions and answers.Subject(s): Internet users | Internet and families | Right to Internet access | Communication -- Network analysis | Information technology -- Mathematical models | Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Mathematical models | Internet -- Mathematical models | Computer networks -- Mathematical models | Wireless communication systems -- Mathematical models | Computer engineering -- TextbooksDDC classification: 302.302 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 302 My So Social psychology / | 302.231 Su Ou Outnumbered : | 302.30113 Si Simulating Social Complexity: | 302.302 Ch Ne Networked life : | 302.35 Ma De Designing organization design : | 302.35 Sc Or Organizations and organizing : | 302.4 Cs Th A theory of organising / |
Includes bibliographical references and index
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