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We propose a unified physical framework for transport in variably saturated porous media. This approach allows fluid flow and solute migration to be treated as ensemble averages of fluid and solute particles, respectively. We consider the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-03-09 Andrea Zoia , Marie-Christine Néel , Andrea Cortis

Continuous-time quantum walk describes the propagation of a quantum particle (or an excitation) evolving continuously in time on a graph. As such, it provides a natural framework for modeling transport processes, e.g., in light-harvesting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-02 Luca Razzoli , Matteo G. A. Paris , Paolo Bordone

In temporal networks, where nodes interact via sequences of temporary events, information or resources can only flow through paths that follow the time-ordering of events. Such temporal paths play a crucial role in dynamic processes.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2011-07-20 Raj Kumar Pan , Jari Saramäki

Random walks serve as important tools for studying complex network structures, yet their dynamics in cases where transition probabilities are not static remain under explored and poorly understood. Here we study nonlinear random walks that…

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Recent advances in spatial and temporal networks have enabled researchers to more-accurately describe many real-world systems such as urban transport networks. In this paper, we study the response of real-world spatio-temporal networks to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-07-05 Matthew J. Williams , Mirco Musolesi

A great variety of systems in nature, society and technology -- from the web of sexual contacts to the Internet, from the nervous system to power grids -- can be modeled as graphs of vertices coupled by edges. The network structure,…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2012-10-10 Petter Holme , Jari Saramäki

Air transport systems are highly dynamic at temporal scales from minutes to years. This dynamic behavior not only characterizes the evolution of the system but also affect the system's functioning. Understanding the evolutionary mechanisms…

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We show how one can trace in a systematic way the coarse-grained solutions of individual-based stochastic epidemic models evolving on heterogeneous complex networks with respect to their topological characteristics. In particular, we have…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Andreas I. Reppas , Konstantinos Spiliotis , Constantinos Siettos

We study, on a $d$ dimensional hypercubic lattice, a random walk which is homogeneous except for one site. Instead of visiting this site, the walker hops over it with arbitrary rates. The probability distribution of this walk and the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. K. P. Zia , Z. Toroczkai

Complex networks are used to depict topological features of complex systems. The structure of a network characterizes the interactions among elements of the system, and facilitates the study of many dynamical processes taking place on it.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-06-22 Yan Zhang , Lin Wang , Yi-Qing Zhang , Xiang Li

Interactive programming environments are powerful tools for promoting innovative network thinking, teaching science of complexity, and exploring emergent phenomena. This paper reports on our recent development of the deterministic random…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Ayan Chatterjee , Qingtao Cao , Amirhossein Sajadi , Babak Ravandi

Random walks are studied on disordered cellular networks in 2-and 3-dimensional spaces with arbitrary curvature. The coefficients of the evolution equation are calculated in term of the structural properties of the cellular system. The…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-28 Tomaso Aste

Recent research has shown the deep impact of the dynamics of human interactions (or temporal social networks) on the spreading of information, opinion formation, etc. In general, the bursty nature of human interactions lowers the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-06-16 Giovanna Miritello , Rubén Lara , Esteban Moro

We consider a continuous-time random walk which is the generalization, by means of the introduction of waiting periods on sites, of the one-dimensional nonhomogeneous random walk with a position-dependent drift known in the mathematical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-10-25 Gaia Pozzoli , Mattia Radice , Manuele Onofri , Roberto Artuso

Community structures have been identified in various complex real-world networks, for example, communication, information, internet and shareholder networks. The scaling of community size distribution indicates the heterogeneity in the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-07-11 Qing Yao , Bingsheng Chen , Tim S. Evans , Kim Christensen

The diffusion of molecules in complex intracellular environments can be strongly influenced by spatial heterogeneity and stochasticity. A key challenge when modelling such processes using stochastic random walk frameworks is that negative…

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We study numerically the behavior of continuous-time quantum walks over networks which are topologically equivalent to square lattices. On short time scales, when placing the initial excitation at a corner of the network, we observe a fast,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Oliver Muelken , Antonio Volta , Alexander Blumen

Temporal network analysis and time evolution of network characteristics are powerful tools in describing the changing topology of dynamic networks. This paper uses such approaches to better visualize and provide analytical measures for the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-10-04 N. DiBrita , K. Eledlebi , H. Hildmann , L. Culley , A. F. Isakovic

Nodes movements play a significant role in disseminating messages in the sparse mobile ad-hoc network. In the network scenarios, where traditional end-to-end paths do not exist, mobility creates opportunities for nodes to connect and…

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