Controlling edge dynamics in complex networks

Details Controlling edge dynamics in complex networks Controlling edge dynamics in complex networks

2011-12-27

arxiv.org/abs/1112.5945v1

Physics

Physics and Society

Preprint. 24 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables. Source code available at http://github.com/ntamas/netctrl

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The interaction of distinct units in physical, social, biological and technological systems naturally gives rise to complex network structures. Networks have constantly been in the focus of research for the last decade, with considerable advances in the description of their structural and dynamical properties. However, much less effort has been devoted to studying the controllability of the dynamics taking place on them. Here we introduce and evaluate a dynamical process defined on the edges of a network, and demonstrate that the controllability properties of this process significantly differ from simple nodal dynamics. Evaluation of real-world networks indicates that most of them are more controllable than their randomized counterparts. We also find that transcriptional regulatory networks are particularly easy to control. Analytic calculations show that networks with scale-free degree distributions have better controllability properties than uncorrelated networks, and positively correlated in- and out-degrees enhance the controllability of the proposed dynamics.

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