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Cooperation is a very common, yet not fully-understood phenomenon in natural and human systems. The introduction of a network within the population is known to affect the outcome of cooperative dynamics, allowing for the survival of…

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In the study of dynamical systems on networks/graphs, a key theme is how the network topology influences stability for steady states or synchronized states. Ideally, one would like to derive conditions for stability or instability that…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-07-01 Raffaella Mulas , Christian Kuehn , Jürgen Jost

Multilayer networks provide a framework to study complex systems with multiple types of interactions, multiple dynamical processes, and/or multiple subsystems. When studying a dynamical process on a multilayer network, it is important to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-09-25 Suman S. Kulkarni , Christopher W. Lynn , Mason A. Porter , Dani S. Bassett

Controlling complex networked systems to a desired state is a key research goal in contemporary science. Despite recent advances in studying the impact of network topology on controllability, a comprehensive understanding of the synergistic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-08-04 Chen Zhao , Wen-Xu Wang , Yang-Yu Liu , Jean-Jacques Slotine

We study synchronization of $N$ oscillators indirectly coupled through a medium which is inhomogeneous and has its own dynamics. The system is formalized in terms of a multilayer network, where the top layer is made of disconnected…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-04-24 Lucia Valentina Gambuzza , Mattia Frasca , Jesus Gomez-Gardeñes

We develop the theory of sparse multiplex networks with partially overlapping links based on their local tree-likeness. This theory enables us to find the giant mutually connected component in a two-layer multiplex network with arbitrary…

We analyse the flow of information in multiplex networks by means of the communicability function. First, we generalize this measure from its definition from simple graphs to multiplex networks. Then, we study its relevance for the analysis…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-06-18 Ernesto Estrada , Jesus Gomez-Gardenes

The complexity of many biological, social and technological systems stems from the richness of the interactions among their units. Over the past decades, a great variety of complex systems has been successfully described as networks whose…

In adaptive dynamical networks, the dynamics of the nodes and the edges influence each other. We show that we can treat such systems as a closed feedback loop between edge and node dynamics. Using recent advances on the stability of…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-11-25 Nina Kastendiek , Jakob Niehues , Robin Delabays , Thilo Gross , Frank Hellmann

Although higher-order interactions are known to affect the typical state of dynamical processes giving rise to new collective behavior, how they drive the emergence of rare events and fluctuations is still an open problem. We investigate…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-09-09 Leonardo Di Gaetano , Giorgio Carugno , Federico Battiston , Francesco Coghi

Although it is unambiguously agreed that structure plays a fundamental role in shaping the dynamics of complex systems, this intricate relationship still remains unclear. We investigate a general computational transformation by which we can…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-05-13 Jie Zhang , Changsong Zhou , Xiaoke Xu , Michael Small

We investigate the role of the spectral dimension $d_s$ in determining the universality of phase transitions on a complex network. Due to its structural heterogeneity, a complex network generally acts as a disordered system. Specifically,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-30 Mrinal Sarkar , Tilman Enss , Nicolò Defenu

Synchronization and desynchronization are the two ends on the spectrum of emergent phenomena that somehow often coexist in biological, neuronal, and physical networks. However, previous studies essentially regard their coexistence as a…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-05-18 Chongzhi Wang , Haibin Shao , Dewei Li

Consider a multiplex network formed by two layers indicating social interactions: the first layer is a friendship network and the second layer is a network of business relations. In this duplex network each pair of individuals can be…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-12-22 Cook Hyun Kim , Minjae Jo , J. S. Lee , G. Bianconi , B. Kahng

Random walks constitute a fundamental mechanism for many dynamics taking place on complex networks. Besides, as a more realistic description of our society, multiplex networks have been receiving a growing interest, as well as the dynamical…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-05-25 Quantong Guo , Emanuele Cozzo , Zhiming Zheng , Yamir Moreno

The way the topological structure goes from a decoupled state into a coupled one in multiplex networks has been widely studied by means of analytical and numerical studies, involving models of artificial networks. In general, these…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-08-15 Johann H. Martínez , Stefano Boccaletti , Vladimir V. Makarov , Javier M. Buldú

Computing layer similarities is an important way of characterizing multiplex networks because various static properties and dynamic processes depend on the relationships between layers. We provide a taxonomy and experimental evaluation of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-08-13 Piotr Bródka , Anna Chmiel , Matteo Magnani , Giancarlo Ragozini

Networks in nature have complex interactions among agents. One significant phenomenon induced by interactions is synchronization of coupled agents, and the interactive network topology can be tuned to optimize synchronization. The previous…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-08-26 Ying Tang , Dinghua Shi , Linyuan Lü

Owing to the influence of real-world networks both in science and society, numerous mathematical models have been developed to understand the structure and evolution of these systems, particularly in a temporal context. Recent advancements…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-10-29 Sayan Banerjee , Shankar Bhamidi , Partha Dey , Akshay Sakanaveeti

Complex networks are characterized by latent geometries induced by their topology or by the dynamics on the top of them. In the latter case, different network-driven processes induce distinct geometric features that can be captured by…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-04-07 Giulia Bertagnolli , Manlio De Domenico