Supernetworks: Paradoxes, Challenges, and New Opportunities

This chapter contains sections titled: Background, Classical Networks, The Realities of Today'S Networks, Large-Scale Nature and Complexity, Congestion, System Optimization Versus User Optimization and the Braess Paradox, Network Interactions, More Paradoxes: Transportation and Telecommunications Versus the Environment, Supernetworks and Applications, Telecommuting Versus Commuting Decision Making, Modeling Teleshopping Versus Shopping Decision Making, Supply Chain Networks, Financial Networks, Summary and Conclusions, References