Emergence of (bi)multi-partiteness in networks having inhibitory and excitatory couplings

(Bi)multi-partite interaction patterns are commonly observed in real world systems which have inhibitory and excitatory couplings. We hypothesize these structural interaction pattern to be stable and naturally arising in the course of evolution. We demonstrate that a random structure evolves to the (bi)multi-partite structure by imposing stability criterion through minimization of the largest eigenvalue in the genetic algorithm devised on the interacting units having inhibitory and excitatory couplings. The evolved interaction patterns are robust against changes in the initial network architecture as well as fluctuations in the interaction weights.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figure

Overview: institutions and policies for water resources management

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Optimization of synchronizability in multiplex networks

We investigate the optimization of synchronizability in multiplex networks and demonstrate that the interlayer coupling strength is the deciding factor for the efficiency of optimization. The optimized networks have homogeneity in the degree as well as in the betweenness centrality. Additionally, the interlayer coupling strength crucially affects various properties of individual layers in the optimized multiplex networks. We provide an understanding to how the emerged network properties are shaped or affected when the evolution renders them better synchronizable.Comment: 6 pages and 6 figure

Optimization of synchronizability in multiplex networks by rewiring one layer

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Vertical magnetic field gradient in the photospheric layers of sunspots

We investigate the vertical gradient of the magnetic field of sunspots in the photospheric layer. Independent observations were obtained with the SOT/SP onboard the Hinode spacecraft and with the TIP-2 mounted at the VTT. We apply state-of-the-art inversion techniques to both data sets to retrieve the magnetic field and the corresponding vertical gradient. In the sunspot penumbrae we detected patches of negative vertical gradients of the magnetic field strength, i.e.,the magnetic field strength decreases with optical depth in the photosphere. The negative gradient patches are located in the inner and partly in the middle penumbrae in both data sets. From the SOT/SP observations, we found that the negative gradient patches are restricted mainly to the deep photospheric layers and are concentrated near the edges of the penumbral filaments. MHD simulations also show negative gradients in the inner penumbrae, also at the locations of filaments. Both in the observations and simulation negative gradients of the magnetic field vs. optical depth dominate at some radial distances in the penumbra. The negative gradient with respect to optical depth in the inner penumbrae persists even after averaging in the azimuthal direction, both in the observations and, to a lesser extent, also in MHD simulations. We interpret the observed localized presence of the negative vertical gradient of the magnetic field strength in the observations as a consequence of stronger field from spines expanding with height and closing above the weaker field inter-spines. The presence of the negative gradients with respect to optical depth after azimuthal averaging can be explained by two different mechanisms: the high corrugation of equal optical depth surfaces and the cancellation of polarized signal due to the presence of unresolved opposite polarity patches in the deeper layers of the penumbra.Comment: 17 pages, 25 figures, accepted for publication in A&