# Network science ## MicroSim spec - **Recommended sim type:** network / graph - **Microsimmability score:** 86/100 - **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below. ### Parameters (tunable controls) - `Number of nodes` - `Edge probability` - `Rewiring probability` ### What animates A graph is drawn and rewired as connectivity changes, revealing hubs, clusters, and path lengths. ### Learning objective Relate a network's connectivity parameters to its structural properties. ## Links (Wikipedia order) <!-- injected from _registry/childlinks/Network_science.json (2026-07-30T02:09:12Z) --> `Account_verification` · [[Adaptation]] · `Adjacency_list` · [[Adjacency_matrix]] · `Adolescent_clique` · `Affinity_fraud` · [[Agent-based_model]] · `Albert-László_Barabási` · `Alfréd_Rényi` · `Algorithmic_amplification` · `Algorithmic_radicalization` · `Almost_surely` · `Ambient_awareness` · [[Ant_colony_optimization_algorithms]] · `Argument_map` · [[Artificial_intelligence]] · [[Artificial_life]] · `Assignment_problem` · `Assortative_mixing` · `Assortativity` · `Attention_economy` · `Attention_inequality` · [[Attractor]] · [[Autopoiesis]] · `Average_path_length` · `Balance_theory` · `Bank` · `Barabási–Albert_model` · `Betweenness_centrality` · `Bianconi–Barabási_model` · [[Bifurcation_theory]] · `Binomial_coefficient` · `Binomial_distribution` · `Biological_network` · `Bipartite_graph` · `Blockmodeling` · `Boolean_network` · [[Bounded_rationality]] · `Breadth-first_search` · `Bridge_(interpersonal)` · `Business_decision_mapping` · `Cascading_failure` · [[Cellular_automaton]] · [[Centrality]] · [[Chaos_theory]] · `CheiRank` · `Cladistics` · `Climate_as_complex_networks` · `Clique` · `Clique_(graph_theory)` · `Closeness_centrality` · `Clustering_coefficient` · `Cognitive_map` · `Cognitive_network` · `Collaboration_graph` · `Collaborative_consumption` · `Collaborative_finance` · `Collaborative_innovation_network` · [[Collective_action]] · [[Collective_behavior]] · [[Collective_consciousness]] · [[Collective_intelligence]] · [[Combinatorial_optimization]] · `Communicative_ecology` · `Community_recognition` · `Community_structure` · `Complete_graph` · [[Complex_adaptive_system]] · `Complex_contagion` · `Complex_network` · [[Complex_system]] · `Computer_addiction` · `Computer_network` · `Concept` · `Concept_map` · `Conceptual_graph` · `Consequential_strangers` · [[Conversation_theory]] · `Convolution_power` · `Corporate_social_media` · [[Coupled_map_lattice]] · `Creator_economy` · `Criminal_procedure` · `Cut_(graph_theory)` · [[Cybernetics]] · `Cycle_(graph_theory)` · `Data_and_information_visualization` · `Data_mining` · `Decision_tree` · `Degree_(graph_theory)` · `Degree_distribution` · `Dendrogram` · `Dependency_network` · `Depth-first_search` · `Design_rationale` · `Diagrammatic_reasoning` · [[Diffusion_of_innovations]] · `Directed_graph` · [[Dissipative_system]] · `Distance_(graph_theory)` · `Distributed_social_network` · `Dual-phase_evolution` · `Duncan_J._Watts` · [[Dynamic_network_analysis]] · `Dénes_Kőnig` · `Economic_sociology` · `Efficiency_(network_science)` · `Eigenvector_centrality` · [[Emergence]] · `Enterprise_social_networking` · `Enterprise_social_software` · `Entity–relationship_model` · [[Entropy]] · `Epidemiology` · `Erdős–Rényi_model` · [[Evolution]] · [[Evolutionary_computation]] · [[Evolutionary_developmental_biology]] · [[Evolutionary_game_theory]] · [[Evolutionary_robotics]] · [[Evolvability]] · `Evolving_network` · `Exponential_family` · `Exponential_family_random_graph_models` · [[Feedback]] · `Filippo_Menczer` · `Fitness_model_(network_theory)` · `Flow_network` · `Force_of_infection` · [[Fractal]] · `Fraud` · `Friend_of_a_friend` · `Friending_and_following` · `Friendship_paradox` · `Friendship_recession` · [[Game_theory]] · [[Genetic_algorithm]] · [[Genetic_programming]] · [[Geomorphology]] · `Geosocial_networking` · `Geovisualization` · `Gestalt_psychology` · `Giant_Global_Graph` · `Giant_component` · `Glossary_of_graph_theory` · [[Goal_orientation]] · `Google` · `Gradient_network` · `Graph_(abstract_data_type)` · `Graph_(discrete_mathematics)` · `Graph_drawing` · [[Graph_theory]] · `Graphic_communication` · `Ground_truth` · `Group_centrality` · `HITS_algorithm` · [[Herd_mentality]] · `Hierarchical_network_model` · `Higher_category_theory` · [[Homeostasis]] · `Homophily` · `Hyper_Search` · `Hyperbolic_geometric_graph` · `Hyperbolic_tree` · `Hypergraph` · `Hypertext` · `Immune_network_theory` · `Incidence_matrix` · `Independent_and_identically_distributed_random_variables` · `Influence-for-hire` · `Influencer_marketing` · `Infographic` · `Information_design` · `Information_overload` · [[Information_theory]] · `Insurance` · `Interactome` · `Interdependent_networks` · `Internet` · `Irregular_warfare` · `Issue-based_information_system` · `Issue_tree` · `Katz_centrality` · `Lancichinetti–Fortunato–Radicchi_benchmark` · `Lateral_communication` · `Law_of_mass_action` · `Layered_graph_drawing` · `Leaderless_resistance` · `Leonhard_Euler` · `Link_analysis` · `List_of_algorithms` · `List_of_concept-_and_mind-mapping_software` · `List_of_network_scientists` · `List_of_network_theory_topics` · `List_of_social_networking_services` · `List_of_virtual_communities_with_more_than_1_million_users` · `Loop_(graph_theory)` · [[Machine_learning]] · `Massimo_Marchiori` · `Master_equation` · `Matching_(graph_theory)` · `Mathematics` · `Maximum-entropy_random_graph_model` · `Medical_sociology` · `Mental_model` · `Metrics_(networking)` · `Mind_map` · `Mobile_social_network` · `Modularity_(networks)` · `Morphological_analysis_(problem-solving)` · `Multidimensional_network` · `Multigraph` · [[Multistability]] · `Narrowcasting` · `Natural_language_processing` · `Neighbourhood_(graph_theory)` · `Network_controllability` · `Network_dynamics` · `Network_effect` · `Network_formation` · `Network_homophily` · `Network_management` · `Network_medicine` · `Network_model` · [[Network_motif]] · `Network_on_a_chip` · `Network_probability_matrix` · [[Network_theory]] · `Network_theory_in_risk_assessment` · `Network_topology` · `Networks_in_labor_economics` · [[Neural_network_(machine_learning)]] · `Neurolinguistics` · `Node_influence_metric` · `Non-linear_preferential_attachment` · [[Nonlinear_system]] · `Object–role_modeling` · `Olog` · `Online_identity` · [[Ontology]] · [[Ontology_(information_science)]] · [[Operationalization]] · `Optimal_facility_location` · `Optimization_mechanism` · [[Ordinary_differential_equation]] · `Organizational_chart` · `Organizational_network_analysis` · `Overchoice` · `PageRank` · [[Partial_differential_equation]] · [[Particle_swarm_optimization]] · `Path_(graph_theory)` · `Pathfinder_network` · [[Pattern_formation]] · `Paul_Erdős` · `Peer_pressure` · [[Percolation]] · `Percolation_theory` · `Persona_(user_experience)` · `Personal_knowledge_networking` · `Personal_network` · `Pharmacology` · [[Phase_space]] · [[Phase_transition]] · `Poisson_distribution` · `Policy_network_analysis` · `Political_movement` · `Polytely` · [[Population_dynamics]] · `Power_law` · `Preferential_attachment` · `Price's_model` · [[Prisoner's_dilemma]] · `ProQuest` · `Probabilistic_method` · `Problem_structuring_methods` · `Professional_network_service` · `Quantum_complex_network` · `Radial_tree` · `Random_geometric_graph` · `Random_graph` · `Ranking` · [[Rational_choice_model]] · [[Reaction–diffusion_system]] · `Reciprocity_(network_science)` · [[Relevance]] · `Reputation_system` · `Reviews_of_Modern_Physics` · [[Robustness_(computer_science)]] · `Routing` · `Rumor_spread_in_social_network` · `Réka_Albert` · [[Scalability]] · [[Scale-free_network]] · `Schema_(psychology)` · [[Science_(journal)]] · `Scientific_collaboration_network` · `Scientometrics` · `Search_engine` · `Search_engine_optimization` · [[Second-order_cybernetics]] · [[Self-organization]] · [[Self-organized_criticality]] · [[Self-reference]] · [[Self-replication]] · `Semantic_Web` · `Semantic_network` · `Semantic_social_network` · [[Sensemaking]] · `Sequential_dynamical_system` · `Service_network` · `Seven_Bridges_of_Königsberg` · `Sexual_network` · `Sharing_economy` · `Shortest_path_problem` · `Six_degrees_of_separation` · `Skewness` · `Small-world_experiment` · [[Small-world_network]] · `Social_aspects_of_television` · `Social_bot` · `Social_capital` · `Social_commerce` · `Social_data_revolution` · [[Social_dynamics]] · `Social_exchange_theory` · `Social_graph` · `Social_identity_theory` · `Social_influence` · `Social_invisibility` · `Social_media` · `Social_media_analytics` · `Social_media_and_psychology` · `Social_media_and_suicide` · `Social_media_intelligence` · `Social_media_mining` · `Social_media_optimization` · `Social_network` · `Social_network_aggregation` · [[Social_network_analysis]] · `Social_network_analysis_software` · `Social_network_game` · `Social_networking_service` · `Social_profiling` · `Social_sorting` · `Social_structure` · `Social_television` · `Social_web` · `Sociogram` · `Sociology` · `Soft_configuration_model` · `Spamdexing` · [[Spatial_ecology]] · `Spatial_network` · `Statistical_mechanics` · `Statistical_model` · `Statistics` · `Steven_Strogatz` · `Stochastic_block_model` · `Stretched_exponential_function` · `Structural_cohesion` · `Structural_cut-off` · `Structural_endogamy` · `Sufficient_statistic` · [[Swarm_behaviour]] · [[Synchronization]] · [[System_dynamics]] · [[Systems_biology]] · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]] · [[Systems_thinking]] · `Telecommunications_network` · `The_New_York_Times` · `Theory_of_computation` · [[Time_series]] · `Timeline` · `Topic_map` · `Traffic_analysis` · `Transitive_relation` · `Transshipment_problem` · `Tree_structure` · `Treemapping` · `Triadic_closure` · `Tribe_(internet)` · `TrustRank` · `User_profile` · `Value_network` · [[Variety_(cybernetics)]] · `Vertex_(graph_theory)` · `Viral_marketing` · `Viral_phenomenon` · `Virtual_collective_consciousness` · `Visual_analytics` · `Visual_language` · `Watts–Strogatz_model` · [[Wayback_Machine]] · `Wicked_problem` · `World_Wide_Web` · `ZigZag_(software)` > p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Science · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_science) > Relation: subfield of systems science. ## Concept summary Network science studies systems represented as nodes and edges, analyzing how connectivity, degree distribution, and topology shape behavior. ## Build checklist - [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at` - [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems science) - [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults - [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions) - [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page - [ ] Set `status: done` ## p5.js sketch ```javascript // MicroSim: Network science let controls = {}; function setup() { // createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above. } function draw() { // background(...); read controls; render network / graph; respond live. } ``` --- Back to Systems Science · Wikipedia: [Network science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_science) --- <!-- SEMIOTIC-PROFILE:START --> ## Semiotic profile > *The semiotic universals this article invokes, machine-derived from the crossref — **unverified** (born so). Populated 2026-07-06 for the Systems room.* **Universals (7):** 🟢 network (26) · 🟡 system (14) · 🟡 science (13) · 🟢 probability (3) · 🟡 structure (3) · 🟢 distribution (1) · 🟢 topology (1) **Enter by sign:** Systems Semiotic Gateway · Alphabetum · Icon Registry · ← Systems Portal <!-- SEMIOTIC-PROFILE:END --> ## Wikipedia : Wikitube **Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_science) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Network_science) ## Previous hub tags Tree parents: [[Complex_system]] · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Emergence]] · [[Feedback]] · [[Graph_theory]] · [[Network_theory]] · [[Self-organization]] · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]]. Legacy hubs: none. --- *Sources: 2 legacy notes. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*