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A Web Tool for Generating High Quality Machine-readable Biological Pathways
Published on: February 8, 2017
Information transfer dynamics in fixed-pathways networks
Luis G Moyano1, Juan P Cárdenas, Jorge Salcedo
1Telefónica Research DCW1, Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC), Ronda de la Comunicación s/n 28050 Madrid, Spain. moyano@tid.es
Abstract:
Most complex technological networks are defined in such a way that their global properties are manifested at a dynamical level. An example of this is when internal dynamical processes are constrained to predefined pathways, without the possibility of alternate routes. For instance, large corporation software networks, where several flow processes take place, are typically routed along specific paths. In this work, we propose a model to describe the global characteristics of this kind of processes, where the dynamics depends on the state of the nodes, represented by two possibilities: responsive or blocked. We present numerical simulations that show rich global behavior with unexpected emerging properties. In particular, we show that two different regimes appear as a function of the total network load. Each regime is characterized by developing either a unimodal or a bimodal distribution for the density of responsive nodes, directly related to global efficiency. We provide a detailed explanation for the main characteristics of our results as well as an analysis of the implications for real technological systems.
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