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Controlling the efficiency of trapping in a scale-free small-world network.

ABSTRACT: Designing appropriate techniques to effectively control the trapping process in complex systems towards desirable efficiency is of paramount importance in the study of trapping problem. In this paper, we present three different methods guiding trapping process in a scale-free small-world network with a deep trap positioned at an initial node. All the proposed approaches dominate the trapping process by varying the transition probability of random walks. In the first two techniques, the transition probability is modified by an introduced weight parameter and a stochastic parameter, respectively. And the third scheme is a combination of the first two approaches, controlled by both parameters synchronously. For all the three control strategies, we derive both analytically and numerically the average trapping time (ATT) as the measure of the trapping efficiency, with the obtained explicit expressions being in good agreement with their corresponding exact numerical solutions. Our results indicate that the weight parameter changes simultaneously the dominating scaling of ATT and its prefactor. Different from the weight parameter, the stochastic parameter only modifies the prefactor, keeping the leading scaling unchanged. Finally, compared with the first two manners, the third strategy is a fine control, possessing the advantages of the first two ones. This work deepens the understanding of controlling trapping process in complex systems.

SUBMITTER: Lin Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4158604 | biostudies-other | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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