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Simultaneous and Sequential Synchronisation in Arrays
We discuss the possibility of simultaneous and sequential synchronisation in
vertical and horizontal arrays of unidirectionally coupled discrete systems.
This is realized for the specific case of two dimensional Gumowski-Mira maps.
The synchronised state can be periodic,thereby bringing in control of chaos, or
chaotic for carefully chosen parameters of the participating units. The
synchronised chaotic state is further characterised using variation of the time
of synchronisation with coupling coefficient, size of the array etc. In the
case of the horizontal array, the total time of synchronisation can be
controlled by increasing the coupling coefficient step wise in small bunch of
units.Comment: 10 pages 12 figures submitted to European Physical Journa
Environmental management system and electronic communication : Is it the need of the hour?
Implementation and certification of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) is a reality for many businesses. Communication with an organisation’s stakeholders is a required element of any EMS. In the last five years companies have steadily moved towards integrating their different management systems, such as quality, environmental, and occupational health and safety, in an attempt to reduce their costs and increase efficiency. Legislation requires extensive reporting in each of these areas, so compliance is another important driver. During this period, communication by digital technology, or electronic communication, has gained prominence and acceptance amongst all groups of people including businesses primarily as a means to disseminate crucial EMS information to geographically diverse employees in a cost effective and instantaneous manner. Some perspectives have emerged to suggest that change processes in organisations may be hindered or helped in various ways through the application of digital technology in EMS. There are, however, gaps in the literature that document the impact and effectiveness of electronic communication amongst EMS stakeholders. In this paper we will discuss employees as one of the major stakeholders and whether the move to electronic communication has been assisting or hindering transformations in awareness and understanding of issues amongst employees. We highlight opportunities and challenges presented by an increased use of electronic communication in light of the environmental and climate change debates, which underpin EMS.</div
Mechanisms for tuning clustering and degree-correlations in directed networks
With complex networks emerging as an effective tool to tackle
multidisciplinary problems, models of network generation have gained an
importance of their own. These models allow us to extensively analyze the data
obtained from real-world networks, study their relevance and corroborate
theoretical results. In this work, we introduce methods, based on degree
preserving rewiring, that can be used to tune the clustering and
degree-correlations in directed networks with random and scale-free topologies.
They provide null-models to investigate the role of the mentioned properties
along with their strengths and limitations. We find that in the case of
clustering, structural relationships, that are independent of topology and
rewiring schemes are revealed, while in the case of degree-correlations, the
network topology is found to play an important role in the working of the
mechanisms. We also study the effects of link-density on the efficiency of
these rewiring mechanisms and find that in the case of clustering, the topology
of the network plays an important role in determining how link-density affects
the rewiring process, while in the case of degree-correlations, the
link-density and topology, play no role for sufficiently large number of
rewiring steps. Besides the intended purpose of tuning network properties, the
proposed mechanisms can also be used as a tool to reveal structural
relationships and topological constraints.Comment: 8 pages, 11 figures, submitted to Physical Review
Suppression of dynamics and frequency synchronization in coupled slow and fast dynamical systems
We present our study on the emergent states of two interacting nonlinear
systems with differing dynamical time scales. We find that the inability of the
interacting systems to fall in step leads to difference in phase as well as
change in amplitude. If the mismatch is small, the systems settle to a
frequency synchronized state with constant phase difference. But as mismatch in
time scale increases, the systems have to compromise to a state of no
oscillations. We illustrate this for standard nonlinear systems and identify
the regions of quenched dynamics in the parameter plane. The transition curves
to this state are studied analytically and confirmed by direct numerical
simulations. As an important special case, we revisit the well-known model of
coupled ocean atmosphere system used in climate studies for the interactive
dynamics of a fast oscillating atmosphere and slowly changing ocean. Our study
in this context indicates occurrence of multi stable periodic states and steady
states of convection coexisting in the system, with a complex basin structure.Comment: 9 pages, 20 figures, submitted to European Physical Journal
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