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We analyze complexity in spatial network ensembles through the lens of graph entropy. Mathematically, we model a spatial network as a soft random geometric graph, i.e., a graph with two sources of randomness, namely nodes located randomly…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-05-02 Justin P. Coon , Carl P. Dettmann , Orestis Georgiou

Under external perturbations, inter-particle forces in disordered granular media are well known to form a heterogeneous distribution with filamentary patterns. Better understanding these forces and the distribution is important for…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-09-14 Liuchi Li , Konstantinos Karapiperis , José E. Andrade

The asymptotic equivalence of canonical and microcanonical ensembles is a central concept in statistical physics, with important consequences for both theoretical research and practical applications. However, this property breaks down under…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-05-30 Qi Zhang , Diego Garlaschelli

The structure of polymer networks, defined by chain lengths and connectivity patterns, fundamentally influences their bulk properties. While existing polymer network models connect chain properties to emergent network behavior, they are…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-17 Jason Mulderrig , Michael Buche , Matthew Grasinger

The past decade has witnessed the development and success of coarse-grained network models of proteins for predicting many equilibrium properties related to collective modes of motion. Curiously, the results are usually robust towards the…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2008-09-23 Canan Atilgan , Ibrahim Inanc , Ali Rana Atilgan

A new method involving particle diagrams is introduced and developed into a rigorous framework for carrying out embedded random matrix calculations. Using particle diagrams and the attendant methodology including loop counting it becomes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-01 Rupert A Small

We have studied experimentally and theoretically the response of randomly folded hyperelastic and elastoplastic sheets on the uniaxial compression loading and the statistical properties of crumpling networks. The results of these studies…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-08-26 Alexander S. Balankin , Orlando Susarrey Huerta

By employing the adaptive network simulation method, we demonstrate that the ensemble-averaged stress caused by a local force for packings of frictionless rigid beads is concentrated along rays whose slope is consistent with unity: forces…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. A. Head , A. V. Tkachenko , T. A. Witten

Exchangeability is a desired statistical property of network ensembles requiring their invariance upon relabelling of the nodes. However combining sparsity of network ensembles with exchangeability is challenging. Here we propose a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-04-14 Ginestra Bianconi

In this paper, an analysis of the undetected error probability of ensembles of binary matrices is presented. The ensemble called the Bernoulli ensemble whose members are considered as matrices generated from i.i.d. Bernoulli source is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-04-08 Tadashi Wadayama

The evolution of effective force chains percolating through a compressed granular system is investigated. We performed experiments by compressing an ensemble of spherical particles in a cylindrical container monitoring the macroscopic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Raul Cruz Hidalgo , Christian U. Grosse , Ferenc Kun , Hans W. Reinhardt , Hans J. Herrmann

Diffusion-driven instability is a fundamental mechanism underlying pattern formation in spatially extended systems. In almost all existing works, diffusion across the links of the underlying network is modeled through scalar weights,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-16 Anna Gallo , Wilfried Segnou , Timoteo Carletti

We develop a technique to formulate quantum field theory on arbitrary network, based on different, randomly disposed sets of scattering's. We define R-matrix of the whole network as a product of R-matrices attached to each of scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-09 Sh. Khachatryan , A. Sedrakyan , P. Sorba

The ensemble inter-relations to be considered are special features of classical cases, where the joint eigenvalue probability density can be computed explicitly. Attention will be focussed too on the consequences of these inter-relations,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-09-04 Peter J. Forrester

We have recently developed some simple continuum models of static granular media which display "fragile" behaviour: they predict that the medium is unable to support certain types of infinitesimal load (which we call "incompatible" loads)…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 M. E. Cates , J. P. Wittmer , J. -P. Bouchaud , P. Claudin

Studies of the effect of network structure on performance have, thus far, been restricted to examining ensembles of synthetic networks generated by canonical models from the Network Science literature, which do not plausibly represent real…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-11-24 Steven J O'Hare , Richard D Connors , David P Watling

Real world systems typically feature a variety of different dependency types and topologies that complicate model selection for probabilistic graphical models. We introduce the ensemble-of-forests model, a generalization of the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2013-12-18 Eirini Arvaniti , Manfred Claassen

We investigate the formation of polycrystalline structures in a class of particle systems. The atomistic energy is modeled as a sum of particle energies that favor atoms being locally isometric to a reference lattice. The discrete frame…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Leonard Kreutz , Timo Ziereis

We examine the network of forces to be expected in a static assembly of hard, frictionless spherical beads of random sizes, such as a colloidal glass. Such an assembly is minimally connected: the ratio of constraint equations to contact…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Alexei V. Tkachenko , Thomas A. Witten

Recent advances in single macromolecule experiments have sparked interest in the ensemble dependence of force-extension relations. The thermodynamic limit may not be attainable for such systems, that leads to inequivalence of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-07-30 Sandipan Dutta , Panayotis Benetatos