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The stability analysis of synchronization in time-varying higher-order networked structures (simplicial complexes) is one of the challenging problem due to the presence of time-varying group interactions. In this context, most of the…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-08-11 Md Sayeed Anwar , Dibakar Ghosh

Synchronization resulting in unified collective behavior of the individual elements of a system that are weakly coupled to each other has long fascinated scientists. Examples range from the periodic oscillation of coupled pendulum clocks to…

Weakly coupled oscillators adjust their dynamics to work in unison: they synchronize. This ubiquitous phenomenon is observed for oscillating pendulum, electronic devices, as well as clapping crowds or flashing fireflies. In effect,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-24 Yaocheng Li , Ivan Palaia , Jinzi Mac Huang , Antoine Aubret , Jeremie Palacci

Intermittent synchronization is observed in a variety of different experimental settings in physics and beyond and is an established research topic in nonlinear dynamics. When coupled oscillators exhibit relatively weak, intermittent…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2021-04-26 Leonid L Rubchinsky , Sungwoo Ahn , Choongseok Park

Shared upstream dynamical processes are frequently the source of common inputs in various physical and biological systems. However, due to finite signal transmission speeds and differences in the distance to the source, time shifts between…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-03-10 Ehsan Bolhasani , Yousef Azizi , Alireza Valizadeh , Matjaz Perc

We report experimental studies of synchronization phenomena in a pair of biological neurons that interact through naturally occurring, electrical coupling. When these neurons generate irregular bursts of spikes, the natural coupling…

Coupled oscillators have been used to study synchronization in a wide range of social, biological, and physical systems, including pedestrian-induced bridge resonances, coordinated lighting up of firefly swarms, and enhanced output peak…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2021-11-01 Can Xu , Xiaohuan Tang , Huaping Lü , Karin Alfaro-Bittner , Stefano Boccaletti , Matjaz Perc , Shuguang Guan

Synchronization and emergence of a collective mode is a general phenomenon, frequently observed in ensembles of coupled self-sustained oscillators of various natures. In several circumstances, in particular in cases of neurological…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2015-06-16 Ghazal Montaseri , Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah , Arkady Pikovsky , Michael Rosenblum

Linear stability of synchronized states in networks of delay-coupled oscillators depends on the type of interaction, the network and oscillator properties. For inert oscillator response, found ubiquitously from biology to engineering,…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2022-02-02 Dimitrios Prousalis , Lucas Wetzel

We study effects of independent white noise on synchronization phenomena in ensembles of coupled limit cycle oscillators with different native frequencies. We consider a simple model where the ensemble consists of two inter-connected…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-01-04 K. Okumura , A. Ichiki , M. Shiino

The emergence of synchronization in a network of coupled oscillators is a pervasive topic in various scientific disciplines ranging from biology, physics, and chemistry to social networks and engineering applications. A coupled oscillator…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-09-07 Florian Dörfler , Francesco Bullo

While musical performances are determined by many factors such as the musical genre and interpretation, rhythmic synchronization is at the foundation of musical interaction. Here, we study the statistical nature of the mutual interaction of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-02-24 Holger Hennig

We define the ``Pulse Synchronization'' problem that requires nodes to achieve tight synchronization of regular pulse events, in the settings of distributed computing systems. Pulse-coupled synchronization is a phenomenon displayed by a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2008-03-04 Ariel Daliot , Danny Dolev , Hanna Parnas

Collective improvisation in dance provides a rich natural laboratory for studying emergent coordination in coupled neuro-motor systems. Here, we investigate how training shapes spontaneous synchronization patterns in both movement and brain…

This article provides a self-contained comprehensive review of the phenomenon of synchronization in dynamical systems, with a particular focus on chaotic systems in both continuous-time and discrete-time contexts. Synchronization, initially…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-31 Rosario D. Laureano , Diana A. Mendes , Manuel Alberto M. Ferreira

Cluster synchronisation is a key phenomenon observed in networks of coupled dynamical units. Its presence has been linked to symmetry and, more generally, to equability of the underlying pattern of interactions between dynamical units.…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2025-12-17 Kirill Kovalenko , Gonzalo Contreras-Aso , Charo I. del Genio , Stefano Boccaletti , Rubén J. Sánchez-García

The spontaneous emergence of coherent behavior through synchronization plays a key role in neural function, and its anomalies often lie at the basis of pathologies. Here we employ a parsimonious (mesoscopic) approach to study analytically…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2014-09-30 Pablo Villegas , Paolo Moretti , Miguel A. Muñoz

We study the frequency-synchronization of randomly coupled oscillators. By analyzing the continuum limit, we obtain the sufficient condition for the mean-field type synchronization. We especially find that the critical coupling constant $K$…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-08-31 Takashi Ichinomiya

Synchronization is the process of achieving identical dynamics among coupled identical units. If the units are different from each other, their dynamics cannot become identical; yet, after transients, there may emerge a functional…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-09 Aditya Tandon , Malte Schröder , Manu Mannattil , Marc Timme , Sagar Chakraborty

We study the dynamics of an ensemble of globally coupled chaotic logistic maps under the action of a learning algorithm aimed at driving the system from incoherent collective evolution to a state of spontaneous full synchronization.…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2009-10-31 Luis G. Moyano , Guillermo Abramson , Damian H. Zanette