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Real networks often have severe degree heterogeneity, with the maximum, average, and minimum node degrees differing significantly. This paper examines the impact of degree heterogeneity on statistical limits of network data analysis.…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-07-24 Zheng Tracy Ke , Jingming Wang

Synchronization dynamics is a phenomenon of great interest in many fields of science. One of the most important fields is neuron dynamics, as synchronization in certain regions of the brain is related to some of the most common mental…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2025-04-09 J. Used , J. M. Seoane , I. Bashkirtseva , L. Ryashko , M. A. F. Sanjuán

We investigate the role of degree correlation among nodes on the stability of complex networks, by studying spectral properties of randomly weighted matrices constructed from directed Erd\"{o}s-R\'enyi and scale-free random graph models. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Markus Brede , Sitabhra Sinha

The vast majority of real-world networks are scale-free, loopy, and sparse, with a power-law degree distribution and a constant average degree. In this paper, we study first-order consensus dynamics in binary scale-free networks, where…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-01-03 Yuhao Yi , Zhongzhi Zhang , Stacy Patterson

Learning the network structure underlying data is an important problem in machine learning. This paper introduces a novel prior to study the inference of scale-free networks, which are widely used to model social and biological networks.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-06-19 Qingming Tang , Siqi Sun , Jinbo Xu

We develop a gradient-like algorithm to minimize a sum of peer objective functions based on coordination through a peer interconnection network. The coordination admits two stages: the first is to constitute a gradient, possibly with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Sandushan Ranaweera , Chathuranga Weeraddana , Prathapasinghe Dharmawansa , Carlo Fischione

Degree heterogeneity and latent geometry, also referred to as popularity and similarity, are key explanatory components underlying the structure of real-world networks. The relationship between these components and the statistical…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Keith Malcolm Smith , Jason P. Smith

The rate equations are used to study the scale-free behavior of the weight distribution in evolving networks whose topology is determined only by degrees of preexisting vertices. An analysis of these equations shows that the degree…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Jezewski

We investigate the searchability of complex systems in terms of their interconnectedness. Associating searchability with the number and size of branch points along the paths between the nodes, we find that scale-free networks are relatively…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Rosvall , A. Gronlund , P. Minnhagen , K. Sneppen

Introduced recently, the concept of hierarchical degree allows a more complete characterization of the topological context of a node in a complex network than the traditional node degree. This article presents analytical characterization…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matheus Palhares Viana , Luciano da Fontoura Costa

This brief paper further investigates the locally and globally adaptive synchronization of an uncertain complex dynamical network. Several network synchronization criteria are deduced. Especially, our hypotheses and designed adaptive…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2016-11-17 Jin Zhou , Junan Lu , Jinhu Lu

We define a statistical ensemble of non-degenerate graphs, i.e. graphs without multiple- and self-connections between nodes. The node degree distribution is arbitrary, but the nodes are assumed to be uncorrelated. This completes our earlier…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Z. Burda , A. Krzywicki

We consider the problem of maximizing the synchronizability of oscillator networks by assigning weights and directions to the links of a given interaction topology. We first extend the well-known master stability formalism to the case of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Takashi Nishikawa , Adilson E. Motter

In this paper, firstly, we study analytically the topological features of a family of hierarchical lattices (HLs) from the view point of complex networks. We derive some basic properties of HLs controlled by a parameter $q$. Our results…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zhongzhi Zhang , Shuigeng Zhou , Tao Zou

We investigate topological and spectral properties of models of European and US-American power grids and of paradigmatic network models as well as their implications for the synchronization dynamics of phase oscillators with heterogeneous…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-03-29 Max Potratzki , Timo Bröhl , Thorsten Rings , Klaus Lehnertz

Synchronization is ubiquitous in nature, which is mathematically described by coupled oscillators. Synchronization strongly depends on the interaction network, and the network plays a crucial role in controlling the dynamics. To understand…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2025-08-19 Akari Matsuki , Hiroshi Kori , Ryota Kobayashi

In these notes we study synchronizability of dynamical processes defined on complex networks as well as its interplay with network topology. Building from a recent work by Barahona and Pecora [Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 054101 (2002)], we use a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Luca Donetti , Pablo I. Hurtado , Miguel A. Munoz

Rhythmic activities that alternate between coherent and incoherent phases are ubiquitous in chemical, ecological, climate, or neural systems. Despite their importance, general mechanisms for their emergence are little understood. In order…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2022-06-01 Max Thiele , Rico Berner , Peter A. Tass , Eckehard Schöll , Serhiy Yanchuk

We investigate the emergence of synchronization in a network of coupled chaotic macroeconomic systems. Each node represents an economy characterized by three key variables savings, gross domestic product (GDP), and foreign capital inflows.…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2026-05-26 Thierry Njougouo , Fernando Fagundes Ferreira , Diego Garlaschelli

The goal of is to study how increased variability in the degree distribution impacts the global connectivity properties of a large network. We approach this question by modeling the network as a uniform random graph with a given degree…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-02-24 Lasse Leskelä , Hoa Ngo