Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 218701 (2005) [4 pages]

Synchronization is Enhanced in Weighted Complex Networks

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M. Chavez^1,2, D.-U. Hwang¹, A. Amann^1,3, H. G. E. Hentschel⁴, and S. Boccaletti¹
¹Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi, 6 - 50125 Florence, Italy
²Laboratoire de Neurosciences Cognitives et Imagerie Cérébrale (LENA) CNRS UPR-640, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière. 47 Bd. de l’Hôpital, 75651 Paris CEDEX 13, France
³Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
⁴Physics Department, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA

Received 22 November 2004; published 2 June 2005

The propensity for synchronization of complex networks with directed and weighted links is considered. We show that a weighting procedure based upon the global structure of network pathways enhances complete synchronization of identical dynamical units in scale-free networks. Furthermore, we numerically show that very similar conditions hold also for phase synchronization of nonidentical chaotic oscillators.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.218701

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.218701

PACS:

89.75.Hc, 89.75.-k, 05.45.Xt, 87.18.Sn

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 218701 (2005) [4 pages]

Synchronization is Enhanced in Weighted Complex Networks