Pinning control via edge snapping

What is it about?

Network synchronization can be observed in a wide range of application domains, including biology, sociology, and technology. Controlling the network towards a desired synchronous behavior is a challenging task: the selection of the sites to control and of the control gains’ mandates a complete knowledge of the network topology. Here, we propose a hierarchy of novel decentralized control strategies that minimizes a priori knowledge of the network topology and offline control design.

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Why is it important?

Steering the network dynamics towards a desired trajectory usually requires a proper selection of the coupling and control gains and of the number and location of the pinning sites. The selection of these quantities is often difficult and requires a thorough knowledge of the network topology. We propose a set of novel strategies to achieve controlled network synchronization by means of the combination of network evolution and adaptive selection of the coupling and control gains.