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On the Spatial Pattern of Input-Output Metrics for a Network Synchronization Process

Systems and Control 2022-07-25 v1 Systems and Control

Abstract

A graph-theoretic analysis is undertaken for a compendium of input-output (transfer) metrics of a standard discrete-time linear synchronization model, including lp gains, frequency responses, frequency-band energy, and Markov parameters. We show that these transfer metrics exhibit a spatial degradation, such that they are monotonically nonincreasing along vertex cutsets away from an exogenous input. We use this spatial analysis to characterize signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) in diffusive networks driven by process noise, and to develop a notion of propagation stability for dynamical networks. Finally, the formal results are illustrated through an example.

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@article{arxiv.2207.10868,
  title  = {On the Spatial Pattern of Input-Output Metrics for a Network Synchronization Process},
  author = {Subir Sarker and Sandip Roy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.10868},
  year   = {2022}
}
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