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Percolation in networks with local homeostatic plasticity
Giacomo Rapisardi1,2, Ivan Kryven3,4, Alex Arenas5
1Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, E-43007, Tarragona, Spain.
Nature Communications
|January 11, 2022
Summary
Active networks resist damage better than passive ones by actively responding to link failures, maintaining connectivity and information flow. This resilience is key for biological systems and smart infrastructure design.
Area of Science:
- Network science
- Complex systems
- Biological systems
Background:
- Percolation theory describes network damage and phase transitions.
- Biological networks like neural cells actively respond to damage.
- Existing models often overlook active network responses.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate percolation in active networks with synaptic scaling-like mechanisms.
- To explain critical transitions in these responsive networks.
- To assess the resilience and information spreading capabilities of active networks.
Main Methods:
- Simulating percolation on networks with active link repair/adaptation.
- Analyzing phase transitions and network connectedness.
- Comparing active versus passive network responses to damage.
Main Results:
- Active networks exhibit enhanced resilience to damage.
- Synaptic scaling-like mechanisms maintain network connectedness.
- Active networks show improved information spreading capacity.
- Local rescaling strategies play a crucial role.
Conclusions:
- Active network responses significantly improve robustness to perturbations.
- Synaptic scaling is a key mechanism for maintaining function in degrading biological systems.
- Findings suggest principles for designing resilient smart infrastructures.
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