Robustness of oscillatory behavior in correlated networks

Understanding network robustness against failures of network units is useful for preventing large-scale breakdowns and damages in real-world networked systems. The tolerance of networked systems whose functions are maintained by collective dynamical behavior of the network units has recently been an...

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Published in:PloS one 2015-04, Vol.10 (4), p.e0123722-e0123722
Main Authors: Sasai, Takeyuki, Morino, Kai, Tanaka, Gouhei, Almendral, Juan A, Aihara, Kazuyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Correlation analysis
Damage prevention
Damage tolerance
Engineering schools
Gene Regulatory Networks
Information science
Models, Biological
Networks
Numerical analysis
Oscillators
Phase transitions
Reproducibility of Results
Robustness (mathematics)
Science
Studies
Topology
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Summary:Understanding network robustness against failures of network units is useful for preventing large-scale breakdowns and damages in real-world networked systems. The tolerance of networked systems whose functions are maintained by collective dynamical behavior of the network units has recently been analyzed in the framework called dynamical robustness of complex networks. The effect of network structure on the dynamical robustness has been examined with various types of network topology, but the role of network assortativity, or degree-degree correlations, is still unclear. Here we study the dynamical robustness of correlated (assortative and disassortative) networks consisting of diffusively coupled oscillators. Numerical analyses for the correlated networks with Poisson and power-law degree distributions show that network assortativity enhances the dynamical robustness of the oscillator networks but the impact of network disassortativity depends on the detailed network connectivity. Furthermore, we theoretically analyze the dynamical robustness of correlated bimodal networks with two-peak degree distributions and show the positive impact of the network assortativity.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0123722