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In this paper I introduce a framework for modeling temporal communication networks and dynamical processes unfolding on such networks. The framework originates from the realization that there is a meaningful division of temporal…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-07-24 Sune Lehmann

Software systems emerge from mere keystrokes to form intricate functional networks connecting many collaborating modules, objects, classes, methods, and subroutines. Building on recent advances in the study of complex networks, I have…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. R. Myers

Almost all real-world networks are subject to constant evolution, and plenty of evolving networks have been investigated to uncover the underlying mechanisms for a deeper understanding of the organization and development of them. Compared…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-10-12 Tao Wu , Leiting Chen

This article reviews and evaluates models of network evolution based on the notion of structural diversity. We show that diversity is an underlying theme of three principles of network evolution: the preferential attachment model,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Jérôme Kunegis

The control of complex systems is an ongoing challenge of complexity research. Recent advances using concepts of structural control deduce a wide range of control related properties from the network representation of complex systems. Here,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-12-31 Márton Pósfai , Philipp Hövel

Network representations of systems from various scientific and societal domains are neither completely random nor fully regular, but instead appear to contain recurring structural building blocks. These features tend to be shared by…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-10-20 Ian Barnett , Nishant Malik , Marieke L. Kuijjer , Peter J. Mucha , Jukka-Pekka Onnela

Complex systems are characterized by specific time-dependent interactions among their many constituents. As a consequence they often manifest rich, non-trivial and unexpected behavior. Examples arise both in the physical and non-physical…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-11-21 Yurij Holovatch , Ralph Kenna , Stefan Thurner

Nowadays, software has become a complex piece of work that may be beyond our control. Understanding how software evolves over time plays an important role in controlling software development processes. Recently, a few researchers found the…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2008-08-26 Yutao Ma , Keqing He , Jing Liu

We present a principled approach for detecting overlapping temporal community structure in dynamic networks. Our method is based on the following framework: find the overlapping temporal community structure that maximizes a quality function…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-03-29 Yudong Chen , Vikas Kawadia , Rahul Urgaonkar

Systems composed of distinct complex networks are present in many real-world environments, from society to ecological systems. In the present paper, we propose a network model obtained as a consequence of interactions between two species…

Biological Physics · Physics 2007-08-08 Luis Enrique Correa da Rocha , Luciano da Fontoura Costa

We characterize different cell states, related to cancer and ageing phenotypes, by a measure of entropy of network ensembles, integrating gene expression values and protein interaction networks. The entropy measure estimates the parameter…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2013-05-24 G. Menichetti , G. Bianconi , E. Giampieri , G. Castellani , D. Remondini

We study aggregation as a mechanism for the creation of complex networks. In this evolution process vertices merge together, which increases the number of highly connected hubs. We study a range of complex network architectures produced by…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. J. Alava , S. N. Dorogovtsev

Most empirical studies of networks assume that the network data we are given represent a complete and accurate picture of the nodes and edges in the system of interest, but in real-world situations this is rarely the case. More often the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-01-02 M. E. J. Newman

Networks play a prominent role in the study of complex systems of interacting entities in biology, sociology, and economics. Despite this diversity, we demonstrate here that a statistical model decomposing networks into matching and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-02-05 Rudolf P. Rohr , Russel E. Naisbit , Christian Mazza , Louix-Félix Bersier

Complex networks have emerged as a simple yet powerful framework to represent and analyze a wide range of complex systems. The problem of ranking the nodes and the edges in complex networks is critical for a broad range of real-world…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-08-30 Hao Liao , Manuel Sebastian Mariani , Matus Medo , Yi-Cheng Zhang , Ming-Yang Zhou

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

Besides the complexity in time or in number of messages, a common approach for analyzing distributed algorithms is to look at the assumptions they make on the underlying network. We investigate this question from the perspective of network…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-05-02 Arnaud Casteigts , Serge Chaumette , Afonso Ferreira

In this paper we develop a theory to describe innovation processes in a network of interacting units. We introduce a stochastic picture that allows for the clarification of the role of fluctuations for the survival of innovations in such a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ingrid Hartmann-Sonntag , Andrea Scharnhorst , Werner Ebeling

We study the temporal co-variation of network co-evolution via the cross-link structure of networks, for which we take advantage of the formalism of hypergraphs to map cross-link structures back to network nodes. We investigate two sets of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-06-16 Danielle S. Bassett , Nicholas F. Wymbs , Mason A. Porter , Peter J. Mucha , Scott T. Grafton

The process by which Large Language Models (LLMs) acquire complex capabilities during training remains a key open question in mechanistic interpretability. This project investigates whether these learning dynamics can be characterized…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Elisabetta Rocchetti