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Adaptive networks consist of a collection of nodes with adaptation and learning abilities. The nodes interact with each other on a local level and diffuse information across the network to solve estimation and inference tasks in a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-05 Sheng-Yuan Tu , Ali H. Sayed

In this letter we focus on designing self-organizing diffusion mobile adaptive networks where the individual agents are allowed to move in pursuit of an objective (target). The well-known Adapt-then-Combine (ATC) algorithm is already…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-03-30 Amir Rastegarnia , Azam Khalili , Md Kafiul Islam

This work examines adaptive distributed learning strategies designed to operate under communication constraints. We consider a network of agents that must solve an online optimization problem from continual observation of streaming data.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Marco Carpentiero , Vincenzo Matta , Ali H. Sayed

Trajectory prediction facilitates effective planning and decision-making, while constrained trajectory prediction integrates regulation into prediction. Recent advances in constrained trajectory prediction focus on structured constraints by…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Hao Ma , Zhiqiang Pu , Shijie Wang , Boyin Liu , Huimu Wang , Yanyan Liang , Jianqiang Yi

A local agglomeration of cooperators can support the survival or spreading of cooperation, even when cooperation is predicted to die out according to the replicator equation, which is often used in evolutionary game theory to study the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-03-06 Dirk Helbing

Network structure plays a critical role in functionality and performance of network systems. This paper examines structural adaptivity of diffusively coupled, directed multi-agent networks that are subject to diffusion performance. Inspired…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-30 Lulu Pan , Haibin Shao , Mehran Mesbahi , Dewei Li , Yugeng Xi

Understanding how species persist under interacting stressors is a central challenge in ecology. We develop a spatially explicit reaction-diffusion framework to investigate competing species in landscapes shaped by climate variability,…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2026-02-02 Ton Viet Ta

The rate of adoption of new information depends on reinforcement from multiple sources in a way that often cannot be described by simple contagion processes. In such cases, contagion is said to be complex. Complex contagion happens in the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-06-21 Vítor V. Vasconcelos , Simon A. Levin , Flávio L. Pinheiro

This work studies the learning ability of consensus and diffusion distributed learners from continuous streams of data arising from different but related statistical distributions. Four distinctive features for diffusion learners are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-19 Zaid J. Towfic , Jianshu Chen , Ali H. Sayed

Changing institutions is an integral part of an academic life. Yet little is known about the mobility patterns of scientists at an institutional level and how these career choices affect scientific outcomes. Here, we examine over 420,000…

When multiple innovations compete for adoption, historical chance leading to early advantage can generate lock-in effects that allow suboptimal innovations to succeed at the expense of superior alternatives. Research on the diffusion of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-02-01 Joshua Becker

Diffusion policies have shown impressive results in robot imitation learning, even for tasks that require satisfaction of kinematic equality constraints. However, task performance alone is not a reliable indicator of the policy's ability to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Lexi Foland , Thomas Cohn , Adam Wei , Nicholas Pfaff , Boyuan Chen , Russ Tedrake

As terahertz (THz) frequencies emerge as promising candidates for next-generation wireless networks, accurate characterization of propagation mechanisms in indoor/outdoor environments becomes essential for system design and performance…

The spread of new ideas, behaviors or technologies has been extensively studied using epidemic models. Here we consider a model of diffusion where the individuals' behavior is the result of a strategic choice. We study a simple coordination…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Marc Lelarge

Communication structure plays a key role in the learning capability of decentralized systems. Structural self-adaptation, by means of self-organization, changes the order as well as the input information of the agents' collective…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-04-24 Jovan Nikolic , Evangelos Pournaras

This paper studies spatial patterns formed by proximate population migration driven by real wage gradients and other idiosyncratic factors. The model consists of a tractable core-periphery model incorporating a quasi-linear log utility…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-07-23 Kensuke Ohtake

Economic models with input-output networks assume that firm or sector (unit) growth is driven by a weighted sum of trade partners' growth and an independently-drawn idiosyncratic shock. I show that the idiosyncratic risk assumption in a…

General Economics · Economics 2022-08-03 Victor Sellemi

Functional networks provide a topological description of activity patterns in the brain, as they stem from the propagation of neural activity on the underlying anatomical or structural network of synaptic connections. This latter is well…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-02-11 Ali Safari , Paolo Moretti , Ibai Diez , Jesus M. Cortes , Miguel Ángel Muñoz

Skills-based matching promises mobility of workers between different sectors and occupations in the labor market. In this case, job seekers can look for jobs they do not yet have experience in, but for which they do have relevant skills.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Ajaya Adhikari , Steven Vethman , Daan Vos , Marc Lenz , Ioana Cocu , Ioannis Tolios , Cor J. Veenman

We focus on occupational diversity in platform-mediated work to advance conceptual and empirical insight into the occupationally embedded nature of platform labor. We pursue this focus in response to a prevailing tendency to treat platform…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Pyeonghwa Kim , Taylor Lewandowski , Michael Dunn , Steve Sawyer