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We study active matter systems where the orientational dynamics of underlying self-propelled particles obey second order equations. By primarily concentrating on a spatially homogeneous setup for particle distribution, our analysis combines…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2021-02-03 Nikita Kruk , Yuri Maistrenko , Heinz Koeppl

Kuramoto's differential equation describes a synchronization process between several harmonic oscillators. It has been used to model biological phenomena such as the synchronization of heart cells, the circadian rhythm, or brain waves. It…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Daniel Burns , Gregorio Malajovich , Charles Pugh , Indika Rajapakse , Steve Smale

While electric power grids play a key role in the decarbonization of society, it remains unclear how recent trends, such as the strong integration of renewable energies, can affect their stability. Power oscillation modes, which are key to…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2024-08-28 Pierrick Guichard , Nicolas Retière , Didier Mayou

Synchronization is crucial for the correct functionality of many natural and man-made complex systems. In this work we characterize the formation of synchronization patterns in networks of Kuramoto oscillators. Specifically, we reveal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-20 Lorenzo Tiberi , Chiara Favaretto , Mario Innocenti , Danielle S. Bassett , Fabio Pasqualetti

Online estimation of electromechanical oscillation parameters provides essential information to prevent system instability and blackout and helps to identify event categories and locations. We formulate the problem as a state space model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-19 Zhe Yu , Di Shi , Zhiwei Wang , Qibing Zhang , Junhui Huang , Sen Pan

The synchronization phenomena in thermoacoustic systems leading to oscillatory instability can effectively be modeled using Kuramoto oscillators. Such models consider the nonlinear response of flame as an ensemble of Kuramoto phase…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-02-20 Rohan K. Nakade , Samarjeet Singh , Jayesh M. Dhadphale , R. I. Sujith

Arrays of identical limit-cycle oscillators have been used to model a wide variety of pattern-forming systems, such as neural networks, convecting fluids, laser arrays, and coupled biochemical oscillators. These systems are known to exhibit…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2013-06-13 Daniel M. Abrams , Steven H. Strogatz

Synchronization in networks of coupled oscillators is a widely studied topic with extensive scientific and engineering applications. In this paper, we study the frequency synchronization problem for networks of Kuramoto oscillators with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-25 Saber Jafarpour , Elizabeth Y. Huang , Francesco Bullo

The expansion of inverter-connected generation facilities (i.e. wind and photovoltaics) and the removal of conventional power plants is necessary to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Whereas conventional generation with large rotating…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2020-01-20 Philipp C. Böttcher , Andreas Otto , Stefan Kettemann , Carsten Agert

Phase reduction is a powerful technique in the study of nonlinear oscillatory systems. Under certain assumptions, it allows us to describe each multidimensional oscillator by a single phase variable, giving rise to simple phase models such…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2025-10-22 Iván León , Riccardo Muolo , Shigefumi Hata , Hiroya Nakao

Synchronizing phase frustrated Kuramoto oscillators, a challenge that has found applications from neuronal networks to the power grid, is an eluding problem, as even small phase-lags cause the oscillators to avoid synchronization. Here we…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2018-01-19 Prosenjit Kundu , Chittaranjan Hens , Baruch Barzel , Pinaki Pal

Higher-order networks with multiway interactions can exhibit collective dynamical phenomena that are absent in traditional pairwise network models. However, analyzing such dynamics becomes computationally prohibitive as their state space…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Caesnan M. G. Leditto , Angus Southwell , Muhammad Usman , Kavan Modi

We consider a generalization of the Kuramoto model of coupled oscillators to the situation where communities of oscillators having essentially different natural frequencies interact. General equations describing possible resonances between…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2013-05-13 Maxim Komarov , Arkady Pikovsky

Chimera states, which consist of coexisting synchronous and asynchronous domains in networks of coupled oscillators, are in the focus of attention for over a decade. Although chimera morphology and properties have been investigated in a…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-12-17 Astero Provata

Due to its description of a synchronization between oscillators, the Kuramoto model is an ideal choice for a synchronisation algorithm in networked systems. This requires to achieve not only a frequency synchronization but also a phase…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-21 Andreas Bathelt , Vimukthi Herath , Thomas Dallmann

In his classical work, Kuramoto analytically described the onset of synchronization in all-to-all coupled networks of phase oscillators with random intrinsic frequencies. Specifically, he identified a critical value of the coupling…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-08-15 Hayato Chiba , Georgi S. Medvedev , Matthew S. Mizuhara

Motivated by the recent and growing interest in smart grid technology, we study the operation of DC/AC inverters in an inductive microgrid. We show that a network of loads and DC/AC inverters equipped with power-frequency droop controllers…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-21 John W. Simpson-Porco , Florian Dörfler , Francesco Bullo

Nonlinear wave formation and propagation on a complex network with excitable node dynamics is of fundamental interest in diverse fields in science and engineering. Here, we propose a new model of the Kuramoto type to study nonlinear wave…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-01-21 Shou-Wen Wang , Yueheng Lan

The Kuramoto model, a paradigmatic framework for studying synchronization, exhibits a transition to collective oscillations only above a critical coupling strength in the thermodynamic limit. However, real-world systems are finite, and…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-30 Sergei Kirillov , Vladimir Klinshov

More than a decade ago, a surprising coexistence of synchronous and asynchronous behavior called the chimera state was discovered in networks of nonlocally coupled identical phase oscillators. In later years, chimeras were found to occur in…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-17 Tassos Bountis , Vasileios G. Kanas , Johanne Hizanidis , Anastasios Bezerianos