The chapters in this volume and the volume itself celebrate the life and research of Roberto
Tempo a leader in the study of complex networked systems their analysis and control under
uncertainty and robust designs. Contributors include authorities on uncertainty in systems
robustness networked and network systems social networks distributed and randomized
algorithms and multi-agent systems-all fields that Roberto Tempo made vital contributions to.
Additionally at least one author of each chapter was a research collaborator of Roberto
Tempo's.This volume is structured in three parts. The first covers robustness and includes
topics like time-invariant uncertainties robust static output feedback design and the
uncertainty quartet. The second part is focused on randomization and probabilistic methods
which covers topics such as compressive sensing and stochastic optimization. Finally the
third part deals with distributed systems and algorithms and explores matters involving
mathematical sociology fault diagnoses and PageRank computation.Each chapter presents
exposition provides new results and identifies fruitful future directions in research. This
book will serve as a valuable reference volume to researchers interested in uncertainty
complexity robustness optimization algorithms and networked systems.
