Statistical mechanics of complex networks. Selected contributions from the XVIII Sitges Conference ``Statistical mechanics of complex networks'', Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, June 10--14, 2002 (Q1420200)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. The preceding conference has been reviewed (see Zbl 0968.00061). Indexed articles: \textit{Krapivsky, P. L.; Redner, S.}, Rate equation appraoch for growing networks, 3-22 [Zbl 1109.92301] \textit{Cohen, Reuven; Rozenfeld, Alejandro Fabian; Schwartz, Nehemia; ben-Avraham, Daniel; Havlin, Shlomo}, Directed and non-directed scale-free networks, 23-45 [Zbl 1152.90361] \textit{Barabási, Albert-László; Ravasz, Erzsébet; Oltvai, Zoltán}, Hierarchical organization of modularity in complex networks, 46-65 [Zbl 1151.91744] \textit{Newman, M. E. J.; Givan, M.}, Mixing patterns and community structure in networks, 66-87 [Zbl 1151.91746] \textit{Mendes, J. F. F.}, Effect of accelerated growth on networks dynamics, 88-113 [Zbl 1153.91832] \textit{Ferrer i Cancho, Ramon; Solé, Ricard V.}, Optimization in complex networks, 114-126 [Zbl 1109.94364] \textit{Boguñá, Marián; Pastor-Satorras, Romualdo; Vespignani, Alessandro}, Epidemic spreading in complex networks with degree correlations, 127-147 [Zbl 1132.92338] \textit{Caldarelli, Guido; Garlaschelli, Diego; Pietronero, Luciano}, Food web structure and the evolution of complex networks, 148-166 [Zbl 1099.92068] \textit{Stanley, H. Eugene; Havlin, Shlomo}, Social networks: from sexual networks to threatened networks, 167-174 [Zbl 1098.91567] \textit{Arenas, Alex; Cabrales, Antonio; Díaz-Guilera, Albert; Guimerà, Roger; Vega-Redondo, Fernando}, Search and congestion in complex networks, 175-194 [Zbl 1099.90514] \textit{Schmid, Gerhard; Goychuk, Igor; Hänggi, Peter}, Membrane clusters of ion channels: size effects for stochastic resonance, 195-206 [Zbl 1098.82026]