Throughout history, networks have provided the foundations by which humans have conducted their economic activities. Transportation and logistical networks make possible the movement of individuals, goods, and services, whereas communications networks enable the exchange of messages and information. Energy networks provide the fuel to support economic activities.As noted in Nagurney (2003), the emergence and evolution of physical networks over space and time, such as transportation and communications networks, and the effects of human decision making on such networks, have given rise, in turn, to the development of elegant theories and scientific methodologies that are network-based. Networks, as a science, have impacted disciplines in a broad range encompassing economics, engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, physics, sociology, and even biology. The novelty of networks is that they are pervasive, providing the medium for connectivity of our societies and economies, while, methodologically, network theory has developed into a powerful and dynamic mechanism for abstracting complex problems,