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Area of Science:

  • Network Science
  • Dynamical Systems Theory
  • Systems Biology

Background:

  • Network size is a fundamental property of dynamical systems.
  • Experimentally inaccessible units often make network size determination challenging.
  • Existing methods may be limited by system type, dynamics, or data availability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel, model-free method for detecting network size.
  • To enable accurate size estimation even when only a subset of units is accessible.
  • To apply the method across diverse dynamical behaviors and system complexities.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizes a detection matrix constructed from transient time series of accessible units.
  • Employs rank constraints for network size detection.
  • Applies to systems with nonstationary dynamics, fixed points, periodic, and chaotic motion.

Main Results:

  • The detection matrix method accurately determines network size.
  • Effective even with a small minority of perceptible units.
  • Robust against nonlinearities, heterogeneities, and noise within the system.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method offers a universal approach for network size detection.
  • Demonstrates applicability in paradigmatic biochemical reaction networks.
  • Overcomes limitations of experimental inaccessibility and system complexity.