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In this paper, the investigation is first motivated by showing two examples of simple regular symmetrical graphs, which have the same structural parameters, such as average distance, degree distribution and node betweenness centrality, but…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-06-21 Zhisheng Duan , Guanrong Chen , Lin Huang

Networks are inherently vulnerable to vertex failures, making the analysis of their structural robustness a fundamental problem in graph theory. In this study, we investigate the closeness and vertex residual closeness of graphs, with a…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Hande Tuncel Golpek , Mehmet Ali Bilici , Aysun Aytac

Network reliability measures the probability that a target node is reachable from a source node in an uncertain graph, i.e., a graph where every edge is associated with a probability of existence. In this paper, we investigate the novel and…

Databases · Computer Science 2020-05-26 Xiangyu Ke , Arijit Khan , Mohammad Al Hasan , Rojin Rezvansangsari

A great part of the effort in the study of coarse grained models of transcription networks is directed to the analysis of their dynamical features. In this letter, we consider the \emph{equilibrium} properties of such systems, showing that…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2007-05-23 M. Cosentino Lagomarsino , P. Jona , B. Bassetti

Reconstructing the states of the nodes of a dynamical network is a problem of fundamental importance in the study of neuronal and genetic networks. An underlying related problem is that of observability, i.e., identifying the conditions…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-03-31 Afroza Shirin , Dionicio F. Rios , Francesco Sorrentino

The stability of complex networks, from power grids to biological systems, is crucial for their proper functioning. It is thus important to control such systems to maintain or restore their stability. Traditional approaches rely on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Yuzhen Qin , Fabio Pasqualetti , Danielle S. Bassett , Marcel van Gerven

This chapter discusses the interplay between structure and dynamics in complex networks. Given a particular network with an endowed dynamics, our goal is to find partitions aligned with the dynamical process acting on top of the network. We…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-05-08 Michael T. Schaub , Jean-Charles Delvenne , Renaud Lambiotte , Mauricio Barahona

Network reliability is a well-studied problem that requires to measure the probability that a target node is reachable from a source node in a probabilistic (or uncertain) graph, i.e., a graph where every edge is assigned a probability of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-05-01 Arijit Khan , Francesco Bonchi , Francesco Gullo , Andreas Nufer

This paper focuses on proposing a general control framework for large-scale Boolean networks (\texttt{BNs}). Only by the network structure, the concept of structural controllability for \texttt{BNs} is formalized. A necessary and sufficient…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-27 Shiyong Zhu , Jianquan Lu , Shun-ichi Azuma , Wei Xing Zheng

The notion of strong structural controllability (s-controllability) allows for determining controllability properties of large linear time-invariant systems even when numerical values of the system parameters are not known a priori. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-01 Kumar Yashashwi , Shana Moothedath , Prasanna Chaporkar

Humans routinely confront the following key question which could be viewed as a probabilistic variant of the controllability problem: While faced with an uncertain environment governed by causal structures, how should they practice their…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-12-08 Ardavan Salehi Nobandegani , Ioannis N. Psaromiligkos

A reflection of our ultimate understanding of a complex system is our ability to control its behavior. Typically, control has multiple prerequisites: It requires an accurate map of the network that governs the interactions between the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-09-21 Yang-Yu Liu , Albert-Laszló Barabási

The classical notions of structural controllability and structural observability are receiving increasing attention in Network Science, since they provide a mathematical basis to answer how the network structure of a dynamic system affects…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-12-13 Marco Tulio Angulo , Andrea Aparicio , Claude H. Moog

We study the NP-hard Shortest Path Most Vital Edges problem arising in the context of analyzing network robustness. For an undirected graph with positive integer edge lengths and two designated vertices $s$ and $t$, the goal is to delete as…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Cristina Bazgan , Till Fluschnik , André Nichterlein , Rolf Niedermeier , Maximilian Stahlberg

In this paper, we study the problem of unsupervised graph representation learning by harnessing the control properties of dynamical networks defined on graphs. Our approach introduces a novel framework for contrastive learning, a widely…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Obaid Ullah Ahmad , Anwar Said , Mudassir Shabbir , Waseem Abbas , Xenofon Koutsoukos

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

Real-world network systems are inherently dynamic, with network topologies undergoing continuous changes over time. Previous works often focus on static networks or rely on complete prior knowledge of evolving topologies, whereas real-world…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Chunyu Pan , Xizhe Zhang , Haoyu Zheng , Zhao Su , Changsheng Zhang , Weixiong Zhang

Robustness is a critical measure of the resilience of large networked systems, such as transportation and communication networks. Most prior works focus on the global robustness of a given graph at large, e.g., by measuring its overall…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-01-09 Hau Chan , Shuchu Han , Leman Akoglu

Network science provides effective tools to model and analyze complex systems. However, the increasing size of real-world networks becomes a major hurdle in order to understand their structure and topological features. Therefore, mapping…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-08-11 Zakariya Ghalmane , Chantal Cherifi , Hocine Cherifi , Mohammed El Hassouni

We study the problem of computing a minimal subset of nodes of a given asynchronous Boolean network that need to be controlled to drive its dynamics from an initial steady state (or attractor) to a target steady state. Due to the phenomenon…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-05-18 Soumya Paul , Cui Su , Jun Pang , Andrzej Mizera