复杂网络上的博弈及其演化动力学是当前网络科学研究领域中的一个前沿课题，其研究内容包括复杂交互环境下的个体与群体决策、网络上集群行为的形成与演化等，涉及生物演化、社会合作和经济决策等多个重要领域，相关模型和结果在实际工程系统中的优化和协同控制等应用中有广阔的前景。
《复杂网络上的博弈及其演化动力学》旨在为复杂网络上的博弈及其演化动力学这一前沿研究课题及其相关重要理论结果提供一个系统的自洽性的介绍。具体地，作者结合复杂网络、博弈模型及演化动力学这三个方面，给出网络上博弈及其演化动力学模型的一个系统框架，并基于这一框架介绍这一领域所涉及的主要模型、结果及其相关应用。全书共10章，前两章主要介绍博弈以及演化博弈理论的基本概念；第3-6章详细介绍网络上的博弈、随机漂移、常数选择以及演化博弈等动力学过程；第7-10章介绍网络上博弈及其演化动力学领域内的若干热点课题，包括复杂网络上的合作涌现、符号网络上的演化博弈、行为网络上的演化博弈以及博弈动力学在分布式协同控制中的应用等内容。

At a time of unprecedented expansion in the life sciences, evolution is the one theory that transcends all of biology. Any observation of a living system must ultimately be interpreted in the context of its evolution. Evolutionary change is the consequence of mutation and natural selection, which are two concepts that can be described by mathematical equations.Evolutionary Dynamics is concerned with these equations of life. In this book, Martin Nowak draws on the languages of biology and mathematics to outline the mathematical principles according to which life evolves. His work introduces readers to the powerful yet simple laws that govern the evolution of living systems, no matter how complicated they might seem.
Evolution has become a mathematical theory, Nowak suggests, and any idea of an evolutionary process or mechanism should be studied in the context of the mathematical equations of evolutionary dynamics. His book presents a range of analytical tools that can be used to this end: fitness landscapes, mutation matrices, genomic sequence space, random drift, quasispecies, replicators, the Prisoner's Dilemma, games in finite and infinite populations, evolutionary graph theory, games on grids, evolutionary kaleidoscopes, fractals, and spatial chaos. Nowak then shows how evolutionary dynamics applies to critical real-world problems, including the progression of viral diseases such as AIDS, the virulence of infectious agents, the unpredictable mutations that lead to cancer, the evolution of altruism, and even the evolution of human language. His book makes a clear and compelling case for understanding every living system--and everything that arises as a consequence of living systems--in terms of evolutionary dynamics.