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ArticleNature communications2024

The transition to synchronization of networked systems.

Atiyeh Bayani, Fahimeh Nazarimehr, Sajad Jafari, Kirill Kovalenko, Gonzalo Contreras-Aso, Karin Alfaro-Bittner, Rubén J Sánchez-García, Stefano Boccaletti

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors.

Atiyeh BayaniDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0822-0812
Fahimeh NazarimehrDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2664-9006
Sajad JafariDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran. sajadjafari83@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6845-7539
Kirill KovalenkoScuola Superiore Meridionale, School for Advanced Studies, Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0029-4016
Gonzalo Contreras-AsoUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán s/n, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8118-6403
Karin Alfaro-BittnerUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán s/n, Madrid, Spain. karin.alfaro@urjc.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3998-453X
Rubén J Sánchez-GarcíaMathematical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. rsanchez-garcia@turing.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6479-3028
Stefano BoccalettiCNR - Institute of Complex Systems, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5758-7012

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We study the synchronization properties of a generic networked dynamical system, and show that, under a suitable approximation, the transition to synchronization can be predicted with the only help of eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the graph Laplacian matrix. The transition comes out to be made of a well defined sequence of events, each of which corresponds to a specific clustered state. The network's nodes involved in each of the clusters can be identified, and the value of the coupling strength at which the events are taking place can be approximately ascertained. Finally, we present large-scale simulations which show the accuracy of the approximation made, and of our predictions in describing the synchronization transition of both synthetic and real-world large size networks, and we even report that the observed sequence of clusters is preserved in heterogeneous networks made of slightly non-identical systems.

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