Enhancing synchronization by directionality in complex networks

Abstract

We proposed a method called residual edge-betweenness gradient (REBG) to enhance synchronizability of networks by assignment of link direction while keeping network topology and link weight unchanged. Direction assignment has been shown to improve the synchronizability of undirected networks in general, but we find that in some cases incommunicable components emerge and networks fail to synchronize. We show that the REBG method can effectively avoid the synchronization failure ($R={\lambda }_2^r/{\lambda }_N^r=0$) which occurs in the residual degree gradient (RDG) method proposed in Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 228702 (2009). Further experiments show that REBG method enhance synchronizability in networks with community structure as compared with the RDG method.

4 pages, 5 figures

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