Research

Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks

Representative Publications:

network synchronization

A.E. Motter,
Bounding network spectra for network design,
New J. Phys. 9, 182 (2007).
doi:10.1088/1367-2630/9/6/182 - IOP SELECT

T. Nishikawa and A.E. Motter,
Maximum performance at minimum cost in network synchronization,
Physica D 224, 77 (2006).
doi:10.1016/j.physd.2006.09.007

C.S. Zhou, A.E. Motter, and J. Kurths,
Universality in the synchronization of weighted random networks,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 034101 (2006).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.034101

A.E. Motter, C.S. Zhou, and J. Kurths,
Network synchronization, diffusion, and the paradox of heterogeneity,
Phys. Rev. E 71, 016116 (2005).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.016116

A.E. Motter, C.S. Zhou, and J. Kurths,
Enhancing complex-network synchronization,
Europhys. Lett. 69, 334 (2005).
doi: 10.1209/epl/i2004-10365-4

T. Nishikawa, A.E. Motter, Y.-C. Lai, and F.C. Hoppensteadt,
Heterogeneity in oscillator networks: are smaller worlds easier to synchronize?
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 014101 (2003).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.014101

cascading failures

M. Anghel, K.A. Werley, and A.E. Motter,
Stochastic model for power grid dynamics,
Proceedings of the Fortieth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 3-6, 2007, Big Island, Hawaii.
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0609217

A.E. Motter,
Cascade control and defense in complex networks,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 098701 (2004).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.098701

A.E. Motter and Y.-C. Lai,
Cascade-based attacks on complex networks,
Phys. Rev. E 66, 065102 (2002).
Rapid Communications
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.66.065102

searching processes

A.E. Motter, T. Nishikawa, and Y.-C. Lai,
Large-scale structural organization of social networks,
Phys. Rev. E 68, 036105 (2003).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.036105

A.P.S. de Moura, A.E. Motter, and C. Grebogi,
Searching in small-world networks,
Phys. Rev. E 68, 036106 (2003).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.036106

network structure

A.E. Motter, T. Nishikawa, and Y.-C. Lai,
Range-based attack on links in scale-free networks: are long-range links responsible for the small-world phenomenon?
Phys. Rev. E 66, 065103 (2002).
Rapid Communications
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.66.065103

A.E. Motter, A.P.S. de Moura, Y.-C. Lai, and P. Dasgupta,
Topology of the conceptual network of language,
Phys. Rev. E 65, 065102 (2002).
Rapid Communications
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.65.065102

spectra and design

G. Bianconi, N. Gulbahce, and A.E. Motter,
Local structure of directed networks,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 118701 (2008).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.118701

A.E. Motter,
Bounding network spectra for network design,
New J. Phys. 9, 182 (2007).
doi:10.1088/1367-2630/9/6/182 - IOP SELECT

D.-H. Kim and A.E. Motter,
Ensemble averageability in network spectra,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 248701 (2007).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.248701