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Synchronization reveals topological scales in complex networks

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-11-11 v2 Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems

Abstract

We study the relationship between topological scales and dynamic time scales in complex networks. The analysis is based on the full dynamics towards synchronization of a system of coupled oscillators. In the synchronization process, modular structures corresponding to well defined communities of nodes emerge in different time scales, ordered in a hierarchical way. The analysis also provides a useful connection between synchronization dynamics, complex networks topology and spectral graph analysis.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0511730,
  title  = {Synchronization reveals topological scales in complex networks},
  author = {Alex Arenas and Albert Diaz-Guilera and Conrad J. Perez-Vicente},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0511730},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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