Synchronization in large-scale networks: exploiting the dynamical aspects

Li Chen

Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Department Biological Physics, Dresden, Germany

Synchronization of large-scale complex networks is the functional basis of some real systems, and also usually the aim of engineering design. To achieve this goal, the prevailing paradigm is to modify the network structure, such as make the network weighted or directed, or compensate with negative links, etc. Here, instead, we show that by adopting some simple dynamic couplings while keeping the network structure unchanged the stable network synchronization can also be achieved. This work highlights the importance of exploiting dynamical aspects which could be severely underestimated compared to the counterpart of structure factor in the study of network synchronization.

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