Dynamical Response of Networks under External Perturbations: Exact Results

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2007-05-31

arxiv.org/abs/0705.4607v2

Nonlinear Sciences

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

We introduce and solve a general model of dynamic response under external perturbations. This model captures a wide range of systems out of equilibrium including Ising models of physical systems, social opinions, and population genetics. The distribution of states under perturbation and relaxation process reflects two regimes -- one driven by the external perturbation, and one driven by internal ordering. These regimes parallel the disordered and ordered regimes of equilibrium physical systems driven by thermal perturbations but here are shown to be relevant for non-thermal and non-equilibrium external influences on complex biological and social systems. We extend our results to a wide range of network topologies by introducing an effective strength of external perturbation by analytic mean-field approximation. Simulations show this generalization is remarkably accurate for many topologies of current interest in describing real systems.

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