Topological constraints on network control profiles.

ABSTRACT: Network models are designed to capture properties of empirical networks and thereby provide insight into the processes that underlie the formation of complex systems. As new information concerning network structure becomes available, it becomes possible to design models that more fully capture the properties of empirical networks. A recent advance in our understanding of network structure is the control profile, which summarizes the structural controllability of a network in terms of source nodes, external dilations, and internal dilations. Here, we consider the topological properties-and their formation mechanisms-that constrain the control profile. We consider five representative empirical categories of internal-dilation dominated networks, and show that the number of source and sink nod

SUBMITTER: Campbell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4686937 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature