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Inferring the network topology from the dynamics is a fundamental problem with wide applications in geology, biology and even counter-terrorism. Based on the propagation process, we present a simple method to uncover the network topology.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-11-21 An Zeng

In many self-organising systems the ability to extract necessary resources from the external environment is essential to the system's growth and survival. Examples include the extraction of sunlight and nutrients in organic plants, of…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Payam Zahadat , Ada Diaconescu

From gene regulatory networks to mutualistic networks, controlling a single node in the network topology can transform these complex dynamical systems from undesirable states to desirable ones. Corresponding methods have been well-studied…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-02-26 Nan Dong , An Zeng , Honggang Li

To provide a phenomenological theory for the various interesting transitions in restructuring networks we employ a statistical mechanical approach with detailed balance satisfied for the transitions between topological states. This enables…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Imre Derenyi , Illes Farkas , Gergely Palla , Tamas Vicsek

We develop random graph models where graphs are generated by connecting not only pairs of vertices by edges but also larger subsets of vertices by copies of small atomic subgraphs of arbitrary topology. This allows the for the generation of…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Anatol E. Wegner , Sofia Olhede

Nature is rife with networks that are functionally optimized to propagate inputs in order to perform specific tasks. Whether via genetic evolution or dynamic adaptation, many networks create functionality by locally tuning interactions…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-02-14 Jason W. Rocks , Henrik Ronellenfitsch , Andrea J. Liu , Sidney R. Nagel , Eleni Katifori

Empirical studies of graphs have contributed enormously to our understanding of complex systems. Known today as network science, what was originally a theoretical study of graphs has grown into a more scientific exploration of communities…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2020-01-01 Ryan E. Langendorf , Debra S. Goldberg

Nature is a blossoming of regular structures, signature of self-organization of the underlying microscopic interacting agents. Turing theory of pattern formation is one of the most studied mechanisms to address such phenomena and has been…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-10-22 Riccardo Muolo , Lorenzo Giambagli , Hiroya Nakao , Duccio Fanelli , Timoteo Carletti

A major issue in biology is the understanding of the interactions between proteins. These interactions can be described by a network, where the proteins are modeled by nodes and the interactions by edges. The origin of these protein…

Biological Physics · Physics 2011-08-01 Christian M. Schneider , Lucilla de Arcangelis , Hans J. Herrmann

The changing topology of a network is driven by the need to maintain or optimize network function. As this function is often related to moving quantities such as traffic, information, etc. efficiently through the network the structure of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-11-28 Annika King , Dallas Smith , Benjamin Webb

A major achievement in the study of complex networks is the observation that diverse systems, from sub-cellular biology to social networks, exhibit universal topological characteristics. Yet this universality does not naturally translate to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-01-29 Chittaranjan Hens , Uzi Harush , Reuven Cohen , Baruch Barzel

Communication networks form the backbone of our society. Topology control algorithms optimize the topology of such communication networks. Due to the importance of communication networks, a topology control algorithm should guarantee…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-05-10 Roland Kluge , Michael Stein , Gergely Varró , Andy Schürr , Matthias Hollick , Max Mühlhäuser

The study of time-varying (dynamic) networks (graphs) is of fundamental importance for computer network analytics. Several methods have been proposed to detect the effect of significant structural changes in a time series of graphs. The…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Peter Wills , Francois G. Meyer

A large variety of real systems are composed by entities in relationships which can be represented by networks. In many of these systems, elements are embedded in the space and location information impacts properties and evolution. Local…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-11-09 Michele Tirico , Stefan Balev , Antoine Dutot , Damien Olivier

The interplay between topology and dynamics in complex networks is a fundamental but widely unexplored problem. Here, we study this phenomenon on a prototype model in which the network is shaped by a dynamical variable. We couple the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-06-13 Diego Garlaschelli , Andrea Capocci , Guido Caldarelli

The control of complex networks is of paramount importance in areas as diverse as ecosystem management, emergency response, and cell reprogramming. A fundamental property of networks is that perturbations to one node can affect other nodes,…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-07-15 Sean P. Cornelius , William L. Kath , Adilson E. Motter

We introduce Network Automata, a framework which couples the topological evolution of a network to its structure. It is useful for dealing with networks in which the topology evolves according to some specified microscopic rules and,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2011-07-12 David M. D. Smith , Jukka-Pekka Onnela , Chiu Fan Lee , Mark Fricker , Neil F. Johnson

The brain's structural and functional systems, protein-protein interaction, and gene networks are examples of biological systems that share some features of complex networks, such as highly connected nodes, modularity, and small-world…

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

This work introduces NetDiff, an expressive graph denoising diffusion probabilistic architecture that generates wireless ad hoc network link topologies. Such networks, with directional antennas, can achieve unmatched performance when the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-10-14 Félix Marcoccia , Cédric Adjih , Paul Mühlethaler