Social network analysis is used widely in the social and behavioral sciences, as well as in economics, marketing, and industrial engineering. The social network perspective focuses on relationships among social entities and is an important addition to standard social and behavioral research, which is primarily concerned with attributes of the social units. Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications reviews and discusses methods for the analysis of social networks with a focus on applications of these methods to many substantive examples. It is a reference book that can be used by those who want a comprehensive review of network methods, or by researchers who have gathered network data and want to find the most appropriate method by which to analyze it. It is also intended for use as a textbook as it is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of the methodology and applications of the field.

本书在作者对热声热机和气液沸腾流动这两种受热流动系统稳定性研究成果的基础上，阐述如何运用热动力学网络方法来解决受热流动系统稳定性课题。
全书共分为六章。前两章介绍热动力学基本理论和热动力学网络，第3章介绍受热流动系统的热声稳定性，第2章、第5章介绍热声热机系统和两相流动系统流动工况的识别研究，第6章在前五章的基础上展望热动力学的进一步发展。