Macro- and mesoscale pattern interdependencies in complex networks.

ABSTRACT: Identifying and explaining the structure of complex networks at different scales has become an important problem across disciplines. At the mesoscale, modular architecture has attracted most of the attention. At the macroscale, other arrangements-e.g. nestedness or core-periphery-have been studied in parallel, but to a much lesser extent. However, empirical evidence increasingly suggests that characterizing a network with a unique pattern typology may be too simplistic, since a system can integrate properties from distinct organizations at different scales. Here, we explore the relationship between some of these different organizational patterns: two at the mesoscale (modularity and in-block nestedness); and one at the macroscale (nestedness). We show experimentally and analytically that n

SUBMITTER: Palazzi MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6833316 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature