Ribeiro, Bruno, Perra, Nicola ORCID: 0000-0002-5559-3064 and Baronchelli, Andrea (2013) Quantifying the effect of temporal resolution on time-varying networks. Scientific Reports, 3:3006. ISSN 2045-2322 (Print), 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03006)

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Abstract

Time-varying networks describe a wide array of systems whose constituents and interactions evolve over time. They are defined by an ordered stream of interactions between nodes, yet they are often represented in terms of a sequence of static networks, each aggregating all edges and nodes present in a time interval of size Δt. In this work we quantify the impact of an arbitrary Δt on the description of a dynamical process taking place upon a time-varying network. We focus on the elementary random walk, and put forth a simple mathematical framework that well describes the behavior observed on real datasets. The analytical description of the bias introduced by time integrating techniques represents a step forward in the correct characterization of dynamical processes on time-varying graphs.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Dynamical processes on time-varying networks
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Business > Networks and Urban Systems Centre (NUSC) > Centre for Business Network Analysis (CBNA)
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2020 10:05
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/14935

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