TY - JOUR
T1 - Abnormal synchronization in complex clustered networks
AU - Huang, Liang
AU - Park, Kwangho
AU - Lai, Ying-Cheng
AU - Yang, Lei
AU - Yang, Kongqing
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Recent research has revealed that complex networks with a smaller average distance and more homogeneous degree distribution are more synchronizable. We find, however, that synchronization in complex, clustered networks tends to obey a different set of rules. In particular, the synchronizability of such a network is determined by the interplay between intercluster and intracluster links. The network is most synchronizable when the numbers of the two types of links are approximately equal. In the presence of a mismatch, increasing the number of intracluster links, while making the network distance smaller, can counterintuitively suppress or even destroy the synchronization. We provide theory and numerical evidence to establish this phenomenon.
AB - Recent research has revealed that complex networks with a smaller average distance and more homogeneous degree distribution are more synchronizable. We find, however, that synchronization in complex, clustered networks tends to obey a different set of rules. In particular, the synchronizability of such a network is determined by the interplay between intercluster and intracluster links. The network is most synchronizable when the numbers of the two types of links are approximately equal. In the presence of a mismatch, increasing the number of intracluster links, while making the network distance smaller, can counterintuitively suppress or even destroy the synchronization. We provide theory and numerical evidence to establish this phenomenon.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33750194302&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=33750194302&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.164101
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.164101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750194302
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 97
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 16
M1 - 164101
ER -