Title :
Effects of Weight Distribution on Synchronization in Small-world Network
Author :
Xiao, Yigong ; Li, Difei ; Li, Chunguang
Author_Institution :
Centre for Nonlinear & Complex Syst., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu
Abstract :
Many social, biological and ecological systems are better described as weighted networks than binary networks. It was found recently that many real-world networks exhibited nonuniform weight distribution. In this paper, we propose a weighted small-world network model in which the weight distribution can be controlled, and we study the synchronization behavior in this network. We find that the synchronize ability is weaker in a small-world network with power-law weight distribution than that with random weight distribution.
Keywords :
complex networks; statistical distributions; synchronisation; binary networks; nonuniform weight distribution; power-law weight distribution; random weight distribution; small-world network; synchronization behavior; weighted networks; Airports; Biological system modeling; Biology; Chaotic communication; Collaborative work; Complex networks; Large-scale systems; Oscillators; Power generation; Power system modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Circuits and Systems Proceedings, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guilin
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9584-0
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9585-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCAS.2006.285227