The Brain, Complex Networks, and Beyond

  • L. M. Patnaik
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 3741)

Abstract

This presentation covers a synthesizing overview of the structural organisation of the brain, viewed as a complex network. Such an organisation is encountered in social, information, technological, and biological networks. The underlying conclusions may, in future, lead to interesting studies in the areas of cognition, and distribution computing. It is also hoped that the brain network structure studied through scale-free, small world, and clustering concepts may facilitate better understanding and design of brain-computer interface (BCI) systems.

Keywords

Fractal Dimension Degree Distribution Cluster Coefficient Brain Network Small World 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • L. M. Patnaik
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  1. 1.Indian Institute of ScienceBangalore

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