TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding phase transition in communication networks to enable robust and resilient control
AU - Sarkar, Soumik
AU - Mukherjee, Kushal
AU - Srivastav, Abhishek
AU - Ray, Asok
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper presents an application of Statistical Mechanics for analysis of critical phenomena in complex networks. Using the simulation model of a wired communication grid, the nature of phase transition is characterized and the corresponding critical exponent is computed. Network analogs of thermodynamic quantities such as order parameter, temperature, pressure, and composition are defined and the associated network phase diagrams are constructed. The notion of network eutectic point is introduced by showing characteristic similarities between the network phase diagram and the binary phase diagram. A concept of robust and resilient control in communication networks is presented based on network phase diagrams.
AB - This paper presents an application of Statistical Mechanics for analysis of critical phenomena in complex networks. Using the simulation model of a wired communication grid, the nature of phase transition is characterized and the corresponding critical exponent is computed. Network analogs of thermodynamic quantities such as order parameter, temperature, pressure, and composition are defined and the associated network phase diagrams are constructed. The notion of network eutectic point is introduced by showing characteristic similarities between the network phase diagram and the binary phase diagram. A concept of robust and resilient control in communication networks is presented based on network phase diagrams.
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U2 - 10.1109/ACC.2009.5159994
DO - 10.1109/ACC.2009.5159994
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70449646777
SN - 9781424445240
T3 - Proceedings of the American Control Conference
SP - 1549
EP - 1554
BT - 2009 American Control Conference, ACC 2009
T2 - 2009 American Control Conference, ACC 2009
Y2 - 10 June 2009 through 12 June 2009
ER -