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In decentralized optimization, several nodes connected by a network collaboratively minimize some objective function. For minimization of Lipschitz functions lower bounds are known along with optimal algorithms. We study a specific class of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-15 Savelii Chezhegov , Alexander Rogozin , Alexander Gasnikov

Synchronization is essential for the stability and coordinated operation of complex networked systems. Pinning control, which selectively controls a subset of nodes, provides a scalable solution to enhance network synchronizability.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-11 Ziang Mao , Tianlong Fan , Linyuan Lü

We study collective synchronization of pulse-coupled oscillators interacting on asymmetric random networks. We demonstrate that random matrix theory can be used to accurately predict the speed of synchronization in such networks in…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 Marc Timme , Fred Wolf , Theo Geisel

We study the synchronization properties of a generic networked dynamical system, and show that, under a suitable approximation, the transition to synchronization can be predicted with the only help of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the…

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

Oscillator Ising machines (OIMs) are networks of coupled oscillators that seek the minimum energy state of an Ising model. Since many NP-hard problems are equivalent to the minimization of an Ising Hamiltonian, OIMs have emerged as a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Ahmed Allibhoy , Arthur N. Montanari , Fabio Pasqualetti , Adilson E. Motter

In this Letter we investigate networks that have been optimized to realize a trade-off between enhanced synchronization and cost of wire to connect the nodes in space. Analyzing the evolved arrangement of nodes in space and their…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Brede

We derive a master stability function (MSF) for synchronization in networks of coupled dynamical systems with small but arbitrary parametric variations. Analogous to the MSF for identical systems, our generalized MSF simultaneously solves…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-04-10 Jie Sun , Erik M. Bollt , Takashi Nishikawa

We show how coupling of local optimization processes can lead to better solutions than multi-start local optimization consisting of independent runs. This is achieved by minimizing the average energy cost of the ensemble, subject to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2007-05-23 J. A. K. Suykens , J. Vandewalle , B. De Moor

Inspired by studies on the airports' network and the physical Internet, we propose a general model of weighted networks via an optimization principle. The topology of the optimal network turns out to be a spanning tree that minimizes a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-11 Marc Barthelemy , Alessandro Flammini

In this paper, we investigate the collective synchronization of system of coupled oscillators on Barab\'{a}si-Albert scale-free network. We propose an approach of structural perturbations aiming at those nodes with maximal betweenness. This…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ming Zhao , Tao Zhou , Bing-Hong Wang , Wen-Xu Wang

In this paper, we address the finite time synchronization of a network of dynamical systems with time-varying interactions modeled using temporal networks. We synchronize a few nodes initially using external control inputs. These nodes are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-15 Aandrew Baggio S , Rachel Kalpana Kalaimani

To understand how certain dynamical behaviors can or cannot persist as the underlying network grows is a problem of increasing importance in complex dynamical systems as well as sustainability science and engineering. We address the…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2016-01-07 Yafeng Wang , Huawei Fan , Ying-Cheng Lai , Xingang Wang

Linearized models of power systems are often desirable to formulate tractable control and optimization problems that still reflect real-world physics adequately under various operating conditions. In this paper, we propose an approach that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-28 Marc Hohmann , Joseph Warrington , John Lygeros

Algebraic connectivity is one way to quantify graph connectivity, which in turn gauges robustness as a network. In this paper, we consider the problem of maximising algebraic connectivity both local and globally over all simple, undirected,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-06-11 Karim Shahbaz , Madhu N. Belur , Ajay Ganesh

In modern network design, "efficiency" is often conflated with raw performance metrics like latency or aggregate throughput. This paper proposes a resource-centric definition of efficiency, isolating the hardware cost required to maintain a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Jia Xu Wei , Wei Wei

We propose new mathematical optimization models for generating sparse dynamical graphs, or networks, that can achieve synchronization. The synchronization phenomenon is studied using the Kuramoto model, defined in terms of the adjacency…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-23 Regina S. Burachik , Alexander C. Kalloniatis , C. Yalçın Kaya

We present a formula for determining synchronizability in large, randomized and weighted simplicial complexes. This formula leverages eigenratios and costs to assess complete synchronizability under diverse network topologies and intensity…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-05-03 S. Nirmala Jenifer , Dibakar Ghosh , Paulsamy Muruganandam

Network science has traditionally examined how structure determines dynamics. Here we invert this paradigm: we ask how functional dynamics and resource constraints shape network architecture. We introduce GradNet, an AI-enabled optimization…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-03-11 Guram Mikaberidze , Beso Mikaberidze , Dane Taylor

We analyze the final state sensitivity of nonlocal networks with respect to initial conditions of their units. By changing the initial conditions of a single network unit, we perturb an initially synchronized state. Depending on the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2018-09-12 Everton S Medeiros , Rene O. Medrano-T , Iberê L Caldas , Ulrike Feudel