Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Sparse repulsive coupling enhances synchronization in complex networks.

I Leyva1, I Sendiña-Nadal, J A Almendral

  • 1Departamento de Ciencias de la Naturaleza y Física Aplicada, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, c/Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|February 7, 2007
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Experimental datasets on intermittency and observability in networks of electronic oscillators. Analogue and hybrid configuration.

Data in brief·2026
Same author

Cooperation, satisfaction, and decision uncertainty in social games on complex networks with aspiration-driven players.

Physical review. E·2025
Same author

Flatness-based control for generalized synchronization of chaotic systems with large dissipation and dimension mismatch.

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)·2025
Same author

Local Predictors of Explosive Synchronization with Ordinal Methods.

Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)·2025
Same author

Cooperation transitions in social games induced by aspiration-driven players.

Physical review. E·2024
Same author

Generalized synchronization mediated by a flat coupling between structurally nonequivalent chaotic systems.

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)·2023
Same journal

Tension on dsDNA bound to ssDNA-RecA filaments may play an important role in driving efficient and accurate homology recognition and strand exchange.

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics·2016
Same journal

Publisher's Note: Amplitude-phase coupling drives chimera states in globally coupled laser networks [Phys. Rev. E 91, 040901(R) (2015)].

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics·2016
Same journal

Erratum: Shapes of sedimenting soft elastic capsules in a viscous fluid [Phys. Rev. E 92, 033003 (2015)].

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics·2016
Same journal

Erratum: Attenuation of excitation decay rate due to collective effect [Phys. Rev. E 90, 022142 (2014)].

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics·2016
Same journal

Publisher's Note: Role of connectivity and fluctuations in the nucleation of calcium waves in cardiac cells [Phys. Rev. E 92, 052715 (2015)].

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics·2016
Same journal

Publisher's Note: Lattice Boltzmann approach for complex nonequilibrium flows [Phys. Rev. E 92, 043308 (2015)].

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics·2016
See all related articles

Introducing repulsive couplings into complex networks significantly enhances synchronization. This topological approach improves the coordination of nonidentical dynamical units in small-world networks.

Area of Science:

  • Complex networks
  • Dynamical systems
  • Network synchronization

Background:

  • Synchronization is crucial in complex systems.
  • Previous strategies focused on attractive couplings.
  • Nonidentical units pose challenges to synchronization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate methods for enhancing synchronization in complex networks.
  • To explore the impact of repulsive couplings on synchronization.
  • To link network topology with emergent dynamical behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of small-world networks with mixed couplings.
  • Introduction of a small fraction of phase-repulsive couplings.
  • Topological analysis independent of specific dynamical models.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • A tiny fraction of repulsive couplings strongly improves synchronization.
  • Synchronization enhancement is observed in nonidentical dynamical units.
  • The study establishes a link between network structure and synchronization.

Conclusions:

  • Repulsive couplings are a powerful tool for enhancing network synchronization.
  • Topological properties significantly influence the synchronization of complex networks.
  • This finding offers a novel strategy for controlling synchronization in diverse systems.