NetSE: Large: A theory of network architecture

NetSE：大型：网络架构理论

• 批准号: 0911041
• 负责人: Steven Low
• 金额: $ 250万
• 依托单位: California Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-10-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0911041&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NetSE; Large; theory; network; architecture

This project is developing a theoretical foundation for the design of network architecture, which is essential to understanding highly evolved, organized, and complex networks, inspired by and with application to technological, biological, ecological, and social networks, and with strong connections to real-world data. Architecture involves the most universal, high-level, and persistent elements of organization, usually defined in terms of protocols ? the rules that facilitate interaction between the diverse components of a network. Network technology promises to provide unprecedented levels of performance, efficiency, sustainability, and robustness in almost all technological, natural, and social systems. The ?robust yet fragile? (RYF) feature of complex systems is ubiquitous, and a theoretical framework to manage the complexity/fragility spirals of our future infrastructures is critical. The intellectual merit of this project is both theoretical and practical. A theory of architecture is crucial for the design of future networks and is at the heart of sustainability. Comparison of architectures from biology, ecology, and technology has identified a variety of common characteristic organizational structures. These observations will form the basis for a mathematical theory of architecture.The broader impact of this project is through the application of network architecture design to multiple areas of engineering and through the development of a unified approach to teaching systems and complexity. The project involves a diverse collection of researchers, including women and underrepresented minorities. Research results are disseminated not only through domain-specific journals, but also in the broad-interest high-impact literature (e.g. Science, Nature, PNAS).

该项目正在为网络架构的设计开发理论基础，这对于理解高度进化、有组织和复杂的网络至关重要，其灵感来自于技术、生物、生态和社交网络并应用于这些网络，并且与现实世界的数据有很强的联系。 架构涉及最通用、最高级和最持久的组织元素，通常用协议定义。促进网络不同组件之间交互的规则。 网络技术有望在几乎所有的技术、自然和社会系统中提供前所未有的性能、效率、可持续性和鲁棒性。 的？坚强却脆弱(RYF)复杂系统的特性是无处不在的，管理我们未来基础设施的复杂性/脆弱性螺旋的理论框架至关重要。 这个项目的智力价值是理论和实践。架构理论对于未来网络的设计至关重要，也是可持续发展的核心。通过比较生物学、生态学和技术的架构，我们发现了各种具有共同特征的组织结构。 这些观察结果将形成建筑数学理论的基础。该项目的更广泛影响是通过将网络架构设计应用于工程的多个领域，并通过开发统一的教学系统和复杂性方法。 该项目涉及各种各样的研究人员，包括妇女和代表性不足的少数民族。 研究成果不仅通过特定领域的期刊传播，而且还通过广泛关注的高影响力文献（例如，Science，Nature，PNAS）传播。