Synchronization in Complex Networks with Age Ordering

D.-U. Hwang, M. Chavez, A. Amann, and S. Boccaletti
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 138701 – Published 7 April 2005

Abstract

The propensity for synchronization is studied in a complex network of asymmetrically coupled units, where the asymmetry in a given link is determined by the relative age of the involved nodes. In growing scale-free networks, synchronization is enhanced when couplings from older to younger nodes are dominant. We describe the requirements for such an effect in a more general context and compare with the situations in nongrowing random networks with and without a degree ordering.

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  • Received 20 December 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.138701

©2005 American Physical Society

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D.-U. Hwang1, M. Chavez1,2, A. Amann1,3, and S. Boccaletti1

  • 1Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi, 6-50125 Florence, Italy
  • 2Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Imagerie Cérébrale (LENA) CNRS UPR-640, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière. 47 Bd. de l’Hôpital, 75651 Paris CEDEX 13, France
  • 3Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany

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Vol. 94, Iss. 13 — 8 April 2005

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