对近年来出现的超网络的理论和应用进行了述评。超网络乃是高于而又超于现存网络的网络,或者说是网络组成的网络,存在于物流网络、信息网络和资金网络等相交织的复杂系统之中。对复杂网络的特征和定义、已有的基于变分不等式与基于超图的超网络分析方法作了介绍,并对今后的发展与有待解决的问题进行了探讨。
A supernetwork is a network that is "above and beyond" existing network. Theories and applications emerging in recent years were reviewed. The concept and characteristics of the supernetwork and existing analytical methods for hypernetwork that are based on variational inequality and hypergragh approaches were introduced. The future developments of the hypernetwork in theories and applications were also discussed.