Attracting Complex Networks

G. Guerrero (), J. A. Langa () and A. Suárez ()
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G. Guerrero: Universidad Central del Ecuador
J. A. Langa: Seville University
A. Suárez: Seville University

A chapter in Complex Networks and Dynamics, 2016, pp 309-327 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Real phenomena from different areas of Life Sciences can be described by complex networks, whose structure is usually determining their intrinsic dynamics. On the other hand, Dynamical Systems Theory is a powerful tool for the study of evolution processes in real situations. The concept of global attractor is the central one in this theory. In the last decades there has been an intensive research in the geometrical characterization of global attractors. However, there still exists a weak connection between the asymptotic dynamics of a complex network and the structure of associated global attractors. In this paper we show that, in order to analyze the long-time behavior of the dynamics on a complex network, it is the topological and geometrical structure of the attractor the subject to take into account. In fact, given a complex network, a global attractor can be understood as the new attracting complex network which is really describing and determining the forwards dynamics of the phenomena. We illustrate our discussion with models of differential equations related to mutualistic complex networks in Economy and Ecology.

Keywords: Complex networks; Dynamics; Structure of global attractor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40803-3_12

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