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We introduce a formalism of fractional diffusion on networks based on a fractional Laplacian matrix that can be constructed directly from the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the Laplacian matrix. This fractional approach allows random walks…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-23 A. P. Riascos , José L. Mateos

Mathematical network models are extremely useful to capture complex propagation processes between different regions (nodes), for example the spread of an infectious agent between different countries, or the transport and replication of…

Biological Physics · Physics 2026-04-10 Hadrien Oliveri , Emilia Cozzolino , Alain Goriely

A fractional diffusion equation with advection term is rigorously derived from a kinetic transport model with a linear turning operator, featuring a fat-tailed equilibrium distribution and a small directional bias due to a given vector…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-19 Pedro Aceves-Sanchez , Christian Schmeiser

In many complex systems studied in statistical physics, inter-arrival times between events such as solar flares, trades and neuron voltages follow a heavy-tailed distribution. The set of event times is fractal-like, being dense in some time…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-09-16 Katharina Hees , Smarak Nayak , Peter Straka

Graph generation is a critical yet challenging task, as empirical analyses require a deep understanding of complex, non-Euclidean structures. Diffusion models have recently made significant advances in graph generation, but these models are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Yiming Huang , Tolga Birdal

{\bf Purpose}: To develop a geometry-governed diffusion framework that explains differential tissue response under FLASH ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) irradiation by explicitly accounting for structural heterogeneity and anomalous transport…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Neda Valizadeh , Robabeh Rahimi , Ramin Abolfath

Let $G$ be a weakly connected directed graph with asymmetric graph Laplacian ${\cal L}$. Consensus and diffusion are dual dynamical processes defined on $G$ by $\dot x=-{\cal L}x$ for consensus and $\dot p=-p{\cal L}$ for diffusion. We…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-27 J. J. P. Veerman , E. Kummel

To offer a view into the rapidly developing theory of fractional diffusion processes we describe in some detail three topics of present interest: (i) the well-scaled passage to the limit from continuous time random walk under power law…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-05-18 Rudolf Gorenflo , Francesco Mainardi

Graph-limit theory focuses on the convergence of sequences of graphs when the number of nodes becomes arbitrarily large. This framework defines a continuous version of graphs allowing for the study of dynamical systems on very large graphs,…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-05-20 Julien Petit , Renaud Lambiotte , Timoteo Carletti

Many complex systems can be modeled by temporal networks, whose organization often evolves through distinct structural phases. Detecting the change points that delimit these phases is both important and challenging. In this work, we extend…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Samuel Koovely , Alexandre Bovet

We introduce a semigroup framework for Laplacians on directed hypergraphs, extending the classical heat flow models on graphs and establishing hypergraphs as prototypical models for non-Markovian diffusion. We apply spectral surgery methods…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-10-31 Delio Mugnolo

We present a framework for systems in which diffusion-advection transport of a tracer substance in a mobile zone is interrupted by trapping in an immobile zone. Our model unifies different model approaches based on distributed-order…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-04-05 T. J. Doerries , A. V. Chechkin , R. Schumer , R. Metzler

We develop the theory of fractional gradient flows: an evolution aimed at the minimization of a convex, l.s.c.~energy, with memory effects. This memory is characterized by the fact that the negative of the (sub)gradient of the energy equals…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-05 Wenbo Li , Abner J. Salgado

In this work, a two-dimensional time-fractional subdiffusion model is developed to investigate the underlying transport phenomena evolving in a binary medium comprised of two sub-domains occupied by homogeneous material. We utilise an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-02-05 Libo Feng , Ian Turner , Patrick Perre , Kevin Burrage

In recent decades, it has been emphasized that the evolving structure of networks may be shaped by interaction principles that yield sparse graphs with a vertex degree distribution exhibiting an algebraic tail, and other structural traits…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-01 Dario Borrelli

Graph generative models have broad applications in biology, chemistry and social science. However, modelling and understanding the generative process of graphs is challenging due to the discrete and high-dimensional nature of graphs, as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Han Huang , Leilei Sun , Bowen Du , Yanjie Fu , Weifeng Lv

The presence of global conserved quantities in interacting systems generically leads to diffusive transport at late times. Here, we show that systems conserving the dipole moment of an associated global charge, or even higher moment…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-12-22 Johannes Feldmeier , Pablo Sala , Giuseppe de Tomasi , Frank Pollmann , Michael Knap

Numerical transport models based on the advection-dispersion equation (ADE) are built on the assumption that sub-grid cell transport is Fickian such that dispersive spreading around the average velocity is symmetric and without significant…

Geophysics · Physics 2017-03-30 Boris Baeumer , Yong Zhang , Rina Schumer

We investigate evolution equations for anomalous diffusion employing fractional derivatives in space and time. Linkage between the space-time variables leads to a new type of fractional derivative operator. Fractional diffusion equations…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrzej J. Turski , Barbara Atamaniuk , Ewa Turska

Spatio-temporal processes often exhibit highly heterogeneous and non-intuitive responses to localized disruptions, limiting the effectiveness of conventional message passing approaches in modeling local heterogeneity. We reformulate…

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