Small-world network spectra in mean-field theory

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  • Carsten Grabow - , Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (Author)
  • Stefan Grosskinsky - , University of Warwick (Author)
  • Marc Timme - , Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen (Author)

Abstract

Collective dynamics on small-world networks emerge in a broad range of systems with their spectra characterizing fundamental asymptotic features. Here we derive analytic mean-field predictions for the spectra of small-world models that systematically interpolate between regular and random topologies by varying their randomness. These theoretical predictions agree well with the actual spectra (obtained by numerical diagonalization) for undirected and directed networks and from fully regular to strongly random topologies. These results may provide analytical insights to empirically found features of dynamics on small-world networks from various research fields, including biology, physics, engineering, and social science.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number218701
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume108
Issue number21
Publication statusPublished - 21 May 2012
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

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ORCID /0000-0002-5956-3137/work/142242490

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