Explosive transitions in complex networks' structure and dynamics: percolation and synchronization

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DOI10.1016/J.PHYSREP.2016.10.004zbMATH Open1359.34048arXiv1610.01361OpenAlexW3104681587MaRDI QIDQ521784FDOQ521784


Authors: Zhen Wang, Stefano Boccaletti, Juan Antonio Almendral, Shuguang Guan, Inmaculada Leyva, Zonghua Liu, Irene Sendiña-Nadal, Y. Zou Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 12 April 2017

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Percolation and synchronization are two phase transitions that have been extensively studied since already long ago. A classic result is that, in the vast majority of cases, these transitions are of the second-order type, i.e. continuous and reversible. Recently, however, explosive phenomena have been reported in com- plex networks' structure and dynamics, which rather remind first-order (discontinuous and irreversible) transitions. Explosive percolation, which was discovered in 2009, corresponds to an abrupt change in the network's structure, and explosive synchronization (which is concerned, instead, with the abrupt emergence of a collective state in the networks' dynamics) was studied as early as the first models of globally coupled phase oscillators were taken into consideration. The two phenomena have stimulated investigations and de- bates, attracting attention in many relevant fields. So far, various substantial contributions and progresses (including experimental verifications) have been made, which have provided insights on what structural and dynamical properties are needed for inducing such abrupt transformations, as well as have greatly enhanced our understanding of phase transitions in networked systems. Our intention is to offer here a monographic review on the main-stream literature, with the twofold aim of summarizing the existing results and pointing out possible directions for future research.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.01361




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