Generic Absorbing Transition in Coevolution Dynamics

dc.creatorVazquez, F.
dc.creatorEguiluz, V. M.
dc.creatorMiguel, M. San
dc.date2007-10-25
dc.date2008-03-19
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dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:27:15Z
dc.descriptionWe study a coevolution voter model on a network that evolves according to the state of the nodes. In a single update, a link between opposite-state nodes is rewired with probability $p$, while with probability $1-p$ one of the nodes takes its neighbor's state. A mean-field approximation reveals an absorbing transition from an active to a frozen phase at a critical value $p_c=\frac{μ-2}{μ-1}$ that only depends on the average degree $μ$ of the network. The approach to the final state is characterized by a time scale that diverges at the critical point as $τ\sim |p_c-p|^{-1}$. We find that the active and frozen phases correspond to a connected and a fragmented network respectively. We show that the transition in finite-size systems can be seen as the sudden change in the trajectory of an equivalent random walk at the critical rewiring rate $p_c$, highlighting the fact that the mechanism behind the transition is a competition between the rates at which the network and the state of the nodes evolve.
dc.description5 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4910
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4910
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 100, 108702 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.108702
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/157033
dc.subjectPhysics and Society
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleGeneric Absorbing Transition in Coevolution Dynamics
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