Collective relaxation dynamics of small-world networks

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Beitragende

  • Carsten Grabow - , Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (Autor:in)
  • Stefan Grosskinsky - , University of Warwick (Autor:in)
  • Jürgen Kurths - , Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Aberdeen (Autor:in)
  • Marc Timme - , Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Bernstein Center Computational Neuroscience Berlin (Autor:in)

Abstract

Complex networks exhibit a wide range of collective dynamic phenomena, including synchronization, diffusion, relaxation, and coordination processes. Their asymptotic dynamics is generically characterized by the local Jacobian, graph Laplacian, or a similar linear operator. The structure of networks with regular, small-world, and random connectivities are reasonably well understood, but their collective dynamical properties remain largely unknown. Here we present a two-stage mean-field theory to derive analytic expressions for network spectra. A single formula covers the spectrum from regular via small-world to strongly randomized topologies in Watts-Strogatz networks, explaining the simultaneous dependencies on network size N, average degree k, and topological randomness q. We present simplified analytic predictions for the second-largest and smallest eigenvalue, and numerical checks confirm our theoretical predictions for zero, small, and moderate topological randomness q, including the entire small-world regime. For large q of the order of one, we apply standard random matrix theory, thereby overarching the full range from regular to randomized network topologies. These results may contribute to our analytic and mechanistic understanding of collective relaxation phenomena of network dynamical systems.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer052815
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Jahrgang91
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 27 Mai 2015
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 26066220
ORCID /0000-0002-5956-3137/work/142242465