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We consider a toy model of two kinetically coupled stochastic oscillators whose dynamics is described as a Markov jump process among $N$ discrete phase states. For large $N$, it maps onto the deterministic two-oscillator Kuramoto model of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-24 Maciej Chudak , Massimiliano Esposito , Krzysztof Ptaszynski

A system's response to external periodic changes can provide crucial information about its dynamical properties. We investigate the synchronization transition, an archetypical example of a dynamic phase transition, in the framework of such…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-02-28 Sang Hoon Lee , Sungmin Lee , Seung-Woo Son , Petter Holme

We present the finite-size Kuramoto model analytically continued from real to complex variables and analyze its collective dynamics. For strong coupling, synchrony appears through locked states that constitute attractors, as for the…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-05-01 Moritz Thümler , Shesha G. M. Srinivas , Malte Schröder , Marc Timme

We present a novel interdisciplinary framework that bridges synchronization theory and multi-agent AI systems by adapting the Kuramoto model to describe the collective dynamics of heterogeneous AI agents engaged in complex task execution.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Chiranjit Mitra

The present paper introduces a linear reformulation of the Kuramoto model describing a self-synchronizing phase transition in a system of globally coupled oscillators that in general have different characteristic frequencies. The…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2008-03-18 David C. Roberts

Many coordination phenomena are based on a synchronisation process, whose global behaviour emerges from the interactions among the individual parts. Often in Nature, such self-organising mechanism allows the system to behave as a whole and…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2017-02-22 Oltiana Gjata , Malbor Asllani , Luigi Barletti , Timoteo Carletti

The synchronization transition of correlated ensembles of coupled Kuramoto oscillators on sparse random networks is investigated. Extensive numerical simulations show that correlations between the native frequencies of adjacent oscillators…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-06-16 Markus Brede

Synchronization is crucial for the correct functionality of many natural and man-made complex systems. In this work we characterize the formation of synchronization patterns in networks of Kuramoto oscillators. Specifically, we reveal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-20 Lorenzo Tiberi , Chiara Favaretto , Mario Innocenti , Danielle S. Bassett , Fabio Pasqualetti

Populations of oscillators are present throughout nature. Very often synchronization is observed in such populations if they are allowed to interact. A paradigmatic model for the study of such phenomena has been the Kuramoto model. However,…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2022-06-08 Keith A. Kroma-Wiley , Peter J. Mucha , Dani S. Bassett

We consider an extension of Kuramoto's model of coupled phase oscillators where oscillator pairs interact with different strengths. When the coupling coefficient of each pair can be separated into two different factors, each one associated…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 Gabriel H. Paissan , Damian H. Zanette

Synchronization is ubiquitous in nature at various scales and fields. This phenomenon not only offers a window into the intrinsic harmony of complex systems, but also serves as a robust probe for many-body quantum systems. One such system…

Self-synchronization is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature, in which oscillators are collectively locked in frequency and phase through mutual interactions. While self-synchronization requires the forced excitation of at least one of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-15 Zhongwei Zhang , Yangyu Guo , Marc Bescond , Jie Chen , Masahiro Nomura , Sebastian Volz

The transition to synchrony in the Kuramoto model of globally coupled phase oscillators with a uniform distribution of natural frequencies is discontinuous. We extend the theory of this transition to the Kuramoto-Sakaguchi model, taking…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2026-04-14 Arkady Pikovsky

We present a rigorous mathematical framework establishing the equivalence of four classical notions of synchronization full phase-locking, phase-locking, frequency synchronization, and order parameter synchronization in generalized Kuramoto…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Ting-Yang Hsiao , Yun-Feng Lo , Chengbin Zhu

The Kuramoto model, a paradigmatic framework for studying synchronization, exhibits a transition to collective oscillations only above a critical coupling strength in the thermodynamic limit. However, real-world systems are finite, and…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-30 Sergei Kirillov , Vladimir Klinshov

We study the synchronization transition of Kuramoto oscillators in scale-free networks that are characterized by tunable local properties. Specifically, we perform a detailed finite size scaling analysis and inspect how the critical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 Jesus Gomez-Gardenes , Yamir Moreno

The conditions under which synchronization is achieved for a one-dimensional ring of identical phase oscillators with Kuramoto-like local coupling are studied. The system is approached in the weakly coupled approximation as phase units.…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-10-20 K. García Medina , E. Estevez-Rams

The Kuramoto model describes a system of globally coupled phase-only oscillators with distributed natural frequencies. The model in the steady state exhibits a phase transition as a function of the coupling strength, between a low-coupling…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2013-12-04 Anandamohan Ghosh , Shamik Gupta

Common models of synchronizable oscillatory systems consist of a collection of coupled oscillators governed by a collection of differential equations. The ubiquitous Kuramoto models rely on an {\em a priori} fixed connectivity pattern…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2020-05-01 Elizabeth A. Tripp , Feng Fu , Scott D. Pauls

We describe synchronization transitions in an ensemble of globally coupled phase oscillators with a bi-harmonic coupling function, and two sources of disorder - diversity of intrinsic oscillatory frequencies and external independent noise.…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2015-06-23 Vladimir Vlasov , Maxim Komarov , Arkady Pikovsky