Random graph theory has become a major modeling tool to study complex systems. In this paper we apply random graph theory to analyze bipartite consumer-product graphs that represent sales transactions to better understand consumer purchase behavior in e-commerce settings. Based on two real-world...

EDEN, a famous garden, is also an acronym for the <i>Electronic Democracy European Network</i>, a project involving a consortium of public administrations (local authorities), academic institutions and technology companies. The thirty-month project aims to improve communication between the...

During recent years, the empirical research on corruption has grown considerably. Possible links between government corruption and terrorism have attracted an increasing interest in this research field. Most of the existing literature discusses the topic from a socio-economical perspective and...