arXiv · cond-mat/0110359
Synchronization on small-world networks
Abstract
We investigate collective synchronization in a system of coupled oscillators on small-world networks. The order parameters which measure synchronization of phases and frequencies are introduced and analyzed by means of dynamic simulations and finite-size scaling. Phase synchronization is observed to emerge in the presence of even a tiny fraction $P$ of shortcuts and to display saturated behavior for $P \gtrsim 0.5$. This indicates that the same synchronizability as the random network (P=1) can be achieved with relatively small number of shortcuts. The transient behavior of the synchronization, obtained from the measurement of the relaxation time, is also discussed.
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H. Hong, M. Y. Choi, Beom Jun Kim. 2001-10-18. Synchronization on small-world networks. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.65.026139
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