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Recently, the focus of complex networks research has shifted from the analysis of isolated properties of a system toward a more realistic modeling of multiple phenomena - multilayer networks. Motivated by the prosperity of multilayer…

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Complex networks are made up of vertices and edges. The edges, which may be directed or undirected, are equipped with positive weights. Modeling complex systems that consist of different types of objects leads to multilayer networks, in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Silvia Noschese , Lothar Reichel

Several systems can be modeled as sets of interconnected networks or networks with multiple types of connections, here generally called multilayer networks. Spreading processes such as information propagation among users of an online social…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-06-03 Mostafa Salehi , Rajesh Sharma , Moreno Marzolla , Matteo Magnani , Payam Siyari , Danilo Montesi

Many complex systems have natural representations as multi-layer networks. While these formulations retain more information than standard single-layer network models, there is not yet a fully developed theory for computing network metrics…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-03-17 Daryl R. DeFord , Scott D. Pauls

In a multiplex network, a set of nodes is connected by different types of interactions, each represented as a separate layer within the network. Multiplexes have emerged as a key instrument for modeling large-scale complex systems, due to…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-10-13 Ankan Ganguly , Bhaswar B. Bhattacharya

A wide variety of complex systems are characterized by interactions of different types involving varying numbers of units. Multiplex hypergraphs serve as a tool to describe such structures, capturing distinct types of higher-order…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-09-10 Quintino Francesco Lotito , Alberto Montresor , Federico Battiston

The study of complex networks has been historically based on simple graph data models representing relationships between individuals. However, often reality cannot be accurately captured by a flat graph model. This has led to the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-03-21 Matteo Magnani , Barbora Micenkova , Luca Rossi

Multiplex networks describe a large variety of complex systems, whose elements (nodes) can be connected by different types of interactions forming different layers (networks) of the multiplex. Multiplex networks include social networks,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-10-29 Jacopo Iacovacci , Zhihao Wu , Ginestra Bianconi

We extend the concept of graph isomorphisms to multilayer networks with any number of "aspects" (i.e., types of layering). In developing this generalization, we identify multiple types of isomorphisms. For example, in multilayer networks…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-02-17 Mikko Kivelä , Mason A. Porter

The introduction of network science approaches into public transport research has seen great advances in the past 15 years. However, it has become apparent that monolayer networks are often not sufficient to model and analyse real-world…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-03-24 Tina Šfiligoj , Renzo Massobrio , Oded Cats

The constant increase in the complexity of data networks motivates the search for strategies that make it possible to reduce current monitoring times. This paper shows the way in which multilayer network representation and the application…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Luz Angela Aristizábal Q , Nicolás Toro G

It is quite obvious that in the real world, more than one kind of relationship can exist between two actors and that those ties can be so intertwined that it is impossible to analyse them separately [Fienberg 85], [Minor 83], [Szell 10].…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2012-12-17 Piotr Bródka , Przemysław Kazienko

Many real-world complex systems consist of a set of elementary units connected by relationships of different kinds. All such systems are better described in terms of multiplex networks, where the links at each layer represent a different…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-03-17 Federico Battiston , Vincenzo Nicosia , Vito Latora

Network theory provides various tools for investigating the structural or functional topology of many complex systems found in nature, technology and society. Nevertheless, it has recently been realised that a considerable number of systems…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2012-03-23 Jonathan F. Donges , Hanna C. H. Schultz , Norbert Marwan , Yong Zou , Juergen Kurths

Multilayer networks preserve full information about the different interactions among the constituents of a complex system, and have recently proven quite useful in modelling transportation networks, social circles, and the human brain. A…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-06-29 Andrea Santoro , Vincenzo Nicosia

The controllability of a network is a theoretical problem of relevance in a variety of contexts ranging from financial markets to the brain. Until now, network controllability has been characterized only on isolated networks, while the vast…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-02-17 Giulia Menichetti , Luca Dall'Asta , Ginestra Bianconi

A procedure to characterize chaotic dynamical systems with concepts of complex networks is pursued, in which a dynamical system is mapped onto a network. The nodes represent the regions of space visited by the system, while edges represent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-12-20 Ernesto P. Borges , Daniel O. Cajueiro , Roberto F. S. Andrade

Community detection is a fascinating and rapidly evolving field, but when it comes to analyzing networks with multiple types of interactions, referred to as multilayer networks, there is still a lot of untapped potential. Despite the wide…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Randa Boukabene , Fatima Benbouzid Si Tayeb

Network models have been increasingly used in the past years to support summarization and analysis of narratives, such as famous TV series, books and news. Inspired by social network analysis, most of these models focus on the characters at…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-12-17 Youssef Mourchid , Benjamin Renoust , Hocine Cherifi , Mohammed El Hassouni

The mental lexicon is a complex cognitive system representing information about the words/concepts that one knows. Decades of psychological experiments have shown that conceptual associations across multiple, interactive cognitive levels…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Massimo Stella , Salvatore Citraro , Giulio Rossetti , Daniele Marinazzo , Yoed N. Kenett , Michael S. Vitevitch