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Controllability of Complex Networks with Nonlinear Dynamics

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2011-11-04 v3 Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Physics and Society

Abstract

Sun et al. provided an insightful comment arXiv:1108.5739v1 on our manuscript entitled "Controllability of Complex Networks with Nonlinear Dynamics" on arXiv. We agree on their main point that linearization about locally desired states can be violated in general by the breakdown of local control of the linearized complex network with nonlinear state. Therefore, we withdraw our manuscript. However, other than nonlinear dynamics, our claim that a single-node-control can fully control the general bidirectional/undirected linear network with 1D self-dynamics is still valid, which is similar to (but different from) the conclusion of arXiv:1106.2573v3 that all-node-control with a single signal can fully control any direct linear network with nodal-dynamics (1D self-dynamics).

Cite

@article{arxiv.1107.2177,
  title  = {Controllability of Complex Networks with Nonlinear Dynamics},
  author = {Wen-Xu Wang and Ying-Cheng Lai and Jie Ren and Baowen Li and Celso Grebogi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.2177},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

This paper has been withdrawn by the authors. However, other than nonlinear dynamics, our claim that a single-node-control can fully control the general bidirectional/undirected linear network with nodal-dynamics is still valid, which is similar to (but different from) the conclusion of arXiv:1106.2573v3 that all-node-control with a single signal can fully control any direct linear network with nodal-dynamics

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