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Main Authors: Aloui, Omar, Orden, David, Ali, Nizar Bel Hadj, Rhode-Barbarigos, Landolf
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Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.04570
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author Aloui, Omar
Orden, David
Ali, Nizar Bel Hadj
Rhode-Barbarigos, Landolf
author_facet Aloui, Omar
Orden, David
Ali, Nizar Bel Hadj
Rhode-Barbarigos, Landolf
contents Network equilibrium models represent a versatile tool for the analysis of interconnected objects and their relationships. They have been widely employed in both science and engineering to study the behavior of complex systems under various conditions, including external perturbations and damage. In this paper, network equilibrium models are revisited through graph-theory laws and attributes with special focus on systems that can sustain equilibrium in the absence of external perturbations (self-equilibrium). A new approach for the analysis of self-equilibrated networks is proposed; they are modeled as a collection of cells, predefined elementary network units that have been mathematically shown to compose any self-equilibrated network. Consequently, the equilibrium state of complex self-equilibrated systems can be obtained through the study of individual cell equilibria and their interactions. A series of examples that highlight the flexibility of network equilibrium models are included in the paper. The examples attest how the proposed approach, which combines topological as well as geometrical considerations, can be used to decipher the state of complex systems.
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spellingShingle Analysis of self-equilibrated networks through cellular modeling
Aloui, Omar
Orden, David
Ali, Nizar Bel Hadj
Rhode-Barbarigos, Landolf
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Computational Geometry
Combinatorics
Network equilibrium models represent a versatile tool for the analysis of interconnected objects and their relationships. They have been widely employed in both science and engineering to study the behavior of complex systems under various conditions, including external perturbations and damage. In this paper, network equilibrium models are revisited through graph-theory laws and attributes with special focus on systems that can sustain equilibrium in the absence of external perturbations (self-equilibrium). A new approach for the analysis of self-equilibrated networks is proposed; they are modeled as a collection of cells, predefined elementary network units that have been mathematically shown to compose any self-equilibrated network. Consequently, the equilibrium state of complex self-equilibrated systems can be obtained through the study of individual cell equilibria and their interactions. A series of examples that highlight the flexibility of network equilibrium models are included in the paper. The examples attest how the proposed approach, which combines topological as well as geometrical considerations, can be used to decipher the state of complex systems.
title Analysis of self-equilibrated networks through cellular modeling
topic Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Computational Geometry
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.04570