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We propose a new framework for the study of continuous time dynamical systems on networks. We view such dynamical systems as collections of interacting control systems. We show that a class of maps between graphs called graph fibrations…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-08-30 Lee DeVille , Eugene Lerman

Temporal networks model how the interaction between elements in a complex system evolve over time. Just like complex systems display collective dynamics, here we interpret temporal networks as trajectories performing a collective motion in…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-10-18 Lucas Lacasa , Jorge P. Rodriguez , Victor M. Eguiluz

Numerous social, medical, engineering and biological challenges can be framed as graph-based learning tasks. Here, we propose a new feature based approach to network classification. We show how dynamics on a network can be useful to reveal…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-06-01 Leonardo Gutierrez Gomez , Benjamin Chiem , Jean-Charles Delvenne

Learning continuous-time dynamics on complex networks is crucial for understanding, predicting and controlling complex systems in science and engineering. However, this task is very challenging due to the combinatorial complexities in the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-06-19 Chengxi Zang , Fei Wang

This work establishes a robust mathematical foundation for compositional System Dynamics modeling, leveraging category theory to formalize and enhance the representation, analysis, and composition of system models. Here, System Dynamics…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-24 Xiaoyan Li , Evan Patterson , Patricia L. Mabry , Nathaniel D. Osgood

The increasing interest in complex networks research has been a consequence of several intrinsic features of this area, such as the generality of the approach to represent and model virtually any discrete system, and the incorporation of…

We propose a precise definition of a continuous time dynamical system made up of interacting open subsystems. The interconnections of subsystems are coded by directed graphs. We prove that the appropriate maps of graphs called graph…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Lee DeVille , Eugene Lerman

We study the dynamics of discrete-time regulatory networks on random digraphs. For this we define ensembles of deterministic orbits of random regulatory networks, and introduce some statistical indicators related to the long-term dynamics…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Anne Cros , Antonio Morante , Edgardo Ugalde

Many real-world complex systems, such as epidemic spreading networks and ecosystems, can be modeled as networked dynamical systems that produce multivariate time series. Learning the intrinsic dynamics from observational data is pivotal for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Yanna Ding , Zijie Huang , Malik Magdon-Ismail , Jianxi Gao

A categorical framework for modeling and analyzing systems in a broad sense is proposed. These systems should be thought of as `machines' with inputs and outputs, carrying some sort of signal that occurs through some notion of time. Special…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-18 Patrick Schultz , David I. Spivak , Christina Vasilakopoulou

We present a unified field-theoretic framework for the dynamics of activity and connectivity in interacting neuronal systems. Building upon previous works, where a field approach to activity--connectivity dynamics, formation of collective…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-10-30 Pierre Gosselin , Aïleen Lotz

Networks are a widely used and efficient paradigm to model real-world systems where basic units interact pairwise. Many body interactions are often at play, and cannot be modelled by resorting to binary exchanges. In this work, we consider…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2020-06-03 Timoteo Carletti , Duccio Fanelli , Sara Nicoletti

The understanding of neural activity patterns is fundamentally linked to an understanding of how the brain's network architecture shapes dynamical processes. Established approaches rely mostly on deviations of a given network from certain…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2014-09-19 Marc-Thorsten Huett , Marcus Kaiser , Claus C. Hilgetag

This chapter discusses the interplay between structure and dynamics in complex networks. Given a particular network with an endowed dynamics, our goal is to find partitions aligned with the dynamical process acting on top of the network. We…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-05-08 Michael T. Schaub , Jean-Charles Delvenne , Renaud Lambiotte , Mauricio Barahona

The interactions between individuals play a pivotal role in shaping the structure and dynamics of social systems. Complex network models have proven invaluable in uncovering the underlying mechanisms that govern the formation and evolution…

Over the past two decades, complex network theory provided the ideal framework for investigating the intimate relationships between the topological properties characterizing the wiring of connections among a system's unitary components and…

In this paper we study synchronized motions in complex networks in which there are distinct groups of nodes where the dynamical systems on each node within a group are the same but are different for nodes in different groups. Both…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-13 Francesco Sorrentino , Edward Ott

Building on the first part of this paper, we develop the theory of functional asynchronous networks. We show that a large class of functional asynchronous networks can be (uniquely) represented as feedforward networks connecting events or…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-02-07 Christian Bick , Michael Field

This paper investigates questions related to the modularity in discrete models of biological interaction networks. We develop a theoretical framework based on the analysis of their asymptotic dynamics. More precisely, we exhibit formal…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2012-01-16 Franck Delaplace , Hanna Klaudel , Tarek Melliti , Sylvain Sené

Real-world networks in technology, engineering and biology often exhibit dynamics that cannot be adequately reproduced using network models given by smooth dynamical systems and a fixed network topology. Asynchronous networks give a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-02-07 Christian Bick , Michael Field
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