@inbook{597c7e7d623c495c8e7f1df19bbaa96b,
title = "Characteristics and Characterization of Information Networks",
abstract = "This chapter presents the characteristics and characterization of information networks. It presents the modalities of information and the distinction between analog and digital information. It relates the size of a network to its economics. Specifically, it establishes the concept of externality. Externality simply means that a network is more valuable if there are more users connected to it since it increases the access space for each user. The impact of mergers of homogeneous networks is quantitatively discussed.",
author = "Pramode Verma and Fan Zhang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-33865-7_1",
language = "English",
series = "Textbooks in Telecommunications Engineering",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "1--10",
booktitle = "Textbooks in Telecommunications Engineering",
address = "Switzerland",
}