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INTRODUCTION
Configurations of nodes and connections occur in a great diversity of applications. They may represent physical networks, such as electrical circuits, roadways, or organic molecules. They are also used in representing less tangible interactions as might occur in ecosystems, sociological relationships, databases, or in the flow of control in a computer program.
