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A graph homomorphism is a map between two graphs that preserves adjacency relations. We consider the problem of sampling a random graph homomorphism from a graph into a large network. We propose two complementary MCMC algorithms for…

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In this paper we propose a distributed algorithm for the estimation and control of the connectivity of ad-hoc networks in the presence of a random topology. First, given a generic random graph, we introduce a novel stochastic power…

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In this paper, we reveal the relationship between entropy rate and the congestion in complex network and solve it analytically for special cases. Finding maximizing entropy rate will lead to an improvement of traffic efficiency, we propose…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-09-15 Yuhang Fan , Hanyuan Liu , Shibo He

Following [6,12], we study coupled map networks over arbitrary finite graphs. An estimate from below for a topological entropy of a perturbed coupled map network via a topological entropy of an unperturbed network by making use of the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-09-12 Leonid Bunimovich , Ming-Chia Li , Ming-Jiea Lyu

In this article we give an in depth overview of the recent advances in the field of equilibrium networks. After outlining this topic, we provide a novel way of defining equilibrium graph (network) ensembles. We illustrate this concept on…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 I. Farkas , I. Derenyi , G. Palla , T. Vicsek

We study the entanglement entropy of a random tensor network (RTN) using tools from free probability theory. Random tensor networks are simple toy models that help the understanding of the entanglement behavior of a boundary region in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-04 Khurshed Fitter , Faedi Loulidi , Ion Nechita

A wide variety of complex networks (social, biological, information etc.) exhibit local clustering with substantial variation in the clustering coefficient (the probability of neighbors being connected). Existing models of large graphs…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-09-28 Samantha Petti , Santosh Vempala

Spatial networks, in which nodes and edges are embedded in space, play a vital role in the study of complex systems. For example, many social networks attach geo-location information to each user, allowing the study of not only topological…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-03-05 Nicholas D. Larusso , Brian E. Ruttenberg , Ambuj Singh

We investigate the entanglement of the ground state in the quantum networks that their nodes are considered as quantum harmonic oscillators. To this aim, the Schmidt numbers and entanglement entropy between two arbitrary partitions of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-25 M. A. Jafarizadeh , S. Nami , F. Eghbalifam

When discussing urban life, pedestrian accessibility to all main services is crucial for fostering social interactions, promoting healthy lifestyles, and reducing pollution. This is especially relevant in coherent urban agglomerations like…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-09-10 Adamo Cerioli , Barbara Caselli , Lea Jeanne Marinelli , Alessandro Vezzani , Raffaella Burioni

Potentially influential spaces in the spatial networks of cities can be detected by means of the entropy participation ratios. Local (connectivity) and global (centrality) entropies are considered. While the connectivity entropy has a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2007-09-28 D. Volchenkov , Ph. Blanchard

For various purposes and, in particular, in the context of data compression, a graph can be examined at three levels. Its structure can be described as the unlabeled version of the graph; then the labeling of its structure can be added; and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-24 Ioannis Kontoyiannis , Yi Heng Lim , Katia Papakonstantinopoulou , Wojtek Szpankowski

We consider the problem of estimating the topology of multiple networks from nodal observations, where these networks are assumed to be drawn from the same (unknown) random graph model. We adopt a graphon as our random graph model, which is…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-02-14 Madeline Navarro , Santiago Segarra

Random geometric graphs are random graph models defined on metric spaces. Such a model is defined by first sampling points from a metric space and then connecting each pair of sampled points with probability that depends on their distance,…

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We review mathematically tractable models for connected networks on random points in the plane, emphasizing the class of proximity graphs which deserves to be better known to applied probabilists and statisticians. We introduce and motivate…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-01-06 David J. Aldous , Julian Shun

We study models of weighted exponential random graphs in the large network limit. These models have recently been proposed to model weighted network data arising from a host of applications including socio-econometric data such as migration…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-07-12 Shankar Bhamidi , Suman Chakraborty , Skyler Cranmer , Bruce Desmarais

Geometry can be used to explain many properties commonly observed in real networks. It is therefore often assumed that real networks, especially those with high average local clustering, live in an underlying hidden geometric space.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-04-11 J. van der Kolk , M. Á. Serrano , M. Boguñá

We investigate the increasingly prominent task of jointly inferring multiple networks from nodal observations. While most joint inference methods assume that observations are available at all nodes, we consider the realistic and more…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-17 Madeline Navarro , Samuel Rey , Andrei Buciulea , Antonio G. Marques , Santiago Segarra

In the past two decades, significant advances have been made in understanding the structural and functional properties of biological networks, via graph-theoretic analysis. In general, most graph-theoretic studies are conducted in the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-10-21 Michelle Rudolph-Lilith , Lyle E. Muller

A very popular class of models for networks posits that each node is represented by a point in a continuous latent space, and that the probability of an edge between nodes is a decreasing function of the distance between them in this latent…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Cosma Rohilla Shalizi , Dena Marie Asta