Before moving on to actual dynamical network modeling, we need to cover some basics of graph theory, especially the definitions of technical terms used in this field. Let’s begin with something we have ...Before moving on to actual dynamical network modeling, we need to cover some basics of graph theory, especially the definitions of technical terms used in this field. Let’s begin with something we have already discussed above: A network (or graph) consists of a set of nodes (or vertices, actors) and a set of edges (or links, ties) that connect those nodes.