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We explore the problem of inferring the graph Laplacian of a weighted, undirected network from snapshots of a single or multiple discrete-time consensus dynamics, subject to parameter uncertainty, taking place on the network. Specifically,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-05-08 Yu Zhu , Michael T. Schaub , Ali Jadbabaie , Santiago Segarra

One of the more challenging tasks in the understanding of dynamical properties of models on top of complex networks is to capture the precise role of multiplex topologies. In a recent paper, Gomez et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 028701…

Metric networks are network-shaped, one-dimensional structures on which one can solve differential equations to simulate a wide range of physical systems including conjugated molecules, photonic crystals, quantum mechanics in waveguide…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-02-27 Charles Emmett Maher , Jeremy L. Marzuola , Katherine A. Newhall

We introduce a graph renormalization procedure based on the coarse-grained Laplacian, which generates reduced-complexity representations for characteristic scales identified through the spectral gap. This method retains both diffusion…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-11-20 M. Schmidt , F. Caccioli , T. Aste

The dynamics of complex networks, being a current hot topic of many scientific fields, is often coded through the corresponding Laplacian matrix. The spectrum of this matrix carries the main features of the networks' dynamics. Here we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-04-05 Hongxiao Liu , Yuan Lin , Maxim Dolgushev , Zhongzhi Zhang

We introduce an unsupervised graph embedding that trades off local node similarity and connectivity, and global structure. The embedding is based on a generalized graph Laplacian, whose eigenvectors compactly capture both network structure…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-01 Shay Deutsch , Stefano Soatto

Controllability determines whether a system's state can be guided toward any desired configuration, making it a fundamental prerequisite for designing effective control strategies. In the context of networked systems, controllability is a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-13 Robin Delabays , Yuanzhao Zhang , Florian Dörfler , Giulia De Pasquale

Symmetries are an essential feature of complex networks as they regulate how the graph collective dynamics organizes into clustered states. We here show how to control network symmetries, and how to enforce patterned states of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-11-24 L. V. Gambuzza , M. Frasca , F. Sorrentino , L. M. Pecora , S. Boccaletti

We propose a structure-preserving model-reduction methodology for large-scale dynamic networks with tightly-connected components. First, the coherent groups are identified by a spectral clustering algorithm on the graph Laplacian matrix…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-15 Hancheng Min , Enrique Mallada

Synchronization over networks depends strongly on the structure of the coupling between the oscillators. When the coupling presents certain regularities, the dynamics can be coarse-grained into clusters by means of External Equitable…

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the spectral theory and dynamical properties of periodic graphs which are not locally finite but carry non-negative, symmetric and summable edge weights. These graphs are shown to exhibit rather…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-25 Joachim Kerner , Olaf Post , Mostafa Sabri , Matthias Täufer

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

Conservation laws and balance equations for physical network systems typically can be described with the aid of the incidence matrix of a directed graph, and an associated symmetric Laplacian matrix. Some basic examples are discussed, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-10-19 A. J. van der Schaft

We present a systematic collection of spectral surgery principles for the Laplacian on a metric graph with any of the usual vertex conditions (natural, Dirichlet or $\delta$-type), which show how various types of changes of a local or…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2019-10-21 Gregory Berkolaiko , James B. Kennedy , Pavel Kurasov , Delio Mugnolo

In this paper we derive a compact mathematical formulation describing the dynamics of chemical reaction networks that are complex-balanced and are governed by mass action kinetics. The formulation is based on the graph of (substrate and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-12-12 Shodhan Rao , Arjan van der Schaft , Bayu Jayawardhana

We propose a graphical notation by which certain spectral properties of complex systems can be rewritten concisely and interpreted topologically. Applying this notation to analyze the stability of a class of networks of coupled dynamical…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2012-05-16 Anne-Ly Do , Stefano Boccaletti , Thilo Gross

This paper studies a basic model of a dynamical distribution network, where the network topology is given by a directed graph with storage variables corresponding to the vertices and flow inputs corresponding to the edges. We aim at…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-13 Jieqiang Wei , Arjan J. van der Schaft

Signed and directed networks are ubiquitous in real-world applications. However, there has been relatively little work proposing spectral graph neural networks (GNNs) for such networks. Here we introduce a signed directed Laplacian matrix,…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-11-30 Yixuan He , Michael Permultter , Gesine Reinert , Mihai Cucuringu

This paper introduces a probabilistic approach for tracking the dynamics of unweighted and directed graphs using state-space models (SSMs). Unlike conventional topology inference methods that assume static graphs and generate point-wise…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-13 Victor M. Tenorio , Elvin Isufi , Geert Leus , Antonio G. Marques

A network picture has been applied to various physical and biological systems to understand their governing mechanisms intuitively. Utilizing discretization schemes, both electrical and optical materials can also be interpreted as abstract…

Optics · Physics 2016-08-02 Sunkyu Yu , Xianji Piao , Jiho Hong , Namkyoo Park