Synchronization Reveals Topological Scales in Complex Networks
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- 22 March 2006
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- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 96 (11) , 114102
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.96.114102
Abstract
We study the relationship between topological scales and dynamic time scales in complex networks. The analysis is based on the full dynamics towards synchronization of a system of coupled oscillators. In the synchronization process, modular structures corresponding to well-defined communities of nodes emerge in different time scales, ordered in a hierarchical way. The analysis also provides a useful connection between synchronization dynamics, complex networks topology, and spectral graph analysis.Keywords
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