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Network Heterogeneity And Node Capacity Lead To Heterogeneous Scaling Of Fluctuations In Random Walks On Graphs

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  • KOSMAS KOSMIDIS

    (School of Science and Engineering, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany)

  • MORITZ BEBER

    (School of Science and Engineering, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany)

  • MARC-THORSTEN HÜTT

    (School of Science and Engineering, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany)

Abstract

Random walks are one of the best investigated dynamical processes on graphs. A particularly fascinating phenomenon is the scaling relationship of fluctuations σ with the average flux〈f〉. Here we analyze how network topology and nodes with finite capacity lead to deviations from a simple scaling lawσ ~ 〈f〉α. Sources of randomness are the random walk itself (internal noise) and the fluctuation of the number of walkers (external noise). We obtained exact results for the extreme case of a star network which are indicative of the behavior of large scale systems with a broad degree distribution. The latter are subsequently studied using Monte Carlo simulations. We find that the network heterogeneity amplifies the effects of external noise. By computing the "effective" scaling of each node we show that multiple scaling relationships can coexist in a graph with a heterogeneous degree distribution at an intermediate level of external noise. Finally, we analyze the effect of a finite capacity of nodes for random walkers and find that this also can lead to a heterogeneous scaling of fluctuations.

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  • Kosmas Kosmidis & Moritz Beber & Marc-Thorsten Hütt, 2015. "Network Heterogeneity And Node Capacity Lead To Heterogeneous Scaling Of Fluctuations In Random Walks On Graphs," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(01n02), pages 1-22.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:18:y:2015:i:01n02:n:s0219525915500071
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219525915500071
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    1. Yong, Nuo & Ni, Shunjiang & Shen, Shifei & Ji, Xuewei, 2020. "A study of fluctuations in subway traffic from the control properties of networks," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 550(C).

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