Structural controllability of unidirectional bipartite networks.

ABSTRACT: The interactions between fundamental life molecules, people and social organisations build complex architectures that often result in undesired behaviours. Despite all of the advances made in our understanding of network structures over the past decade, similar progress has not been achieved in the controllability of real-world networks. In particular, an analytical framework to address the controllability of bipartite networks is still absent. Here, we present a dominating set (DS)-based approach to bipartite network controllability that identifies the topologies that are relatively easy to control with the minimum number of driver nodes. Our theoretical calculations, assisted by computer simulations and an evaluation of real-world networks offer a promising framework to control unidirect

SUBMITTER: Nacher JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3622082 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature