Motion-induced synchronization in metapopulations of mobile agents
arXiv:1211.4616 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.87.032814
Abstract
We study the influence of motion on the emergence of synchronization in a metapopulation of random walkers moving on a heterogeneous network and subject to Kuramoto interactions at the network nodes. We discover a novel mechanism of transition to macroscopic dynamical order induced by the walkers' motion. Furthermore, we observe two different microscopic paths to synchronization: depending on the rules of the motion, either low-degree nodes or the hubs drive the whole system towards synchronization. We provide analytical arguments to understand these results.
7 pages, 6 figures
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