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Geographical networks: geographical effects on network properties

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Complex networks describe a wide range of systems in nature and society. Since most real systems exist in certain physical space and the distance between the nodes has influence on the connections, it is helpful to study geographical complex networks and to investigate how the geographical constrains on the connections affect the network properties. In this paper, we briefly review our recent progress on geographical complex networks with respect of statistics, modelling, robustness, and synchronizability. It has been shown that the geographical constrains tend to make the network less robust and less synchronizable. Synchronization on random networks and clustered networks is also studied.

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  1. Center for Complex Systems, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, China

    Kong-qing Yang, Zhong-cai Lin & Hong-sheng He

  2. Department of Physics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Kong-qing Yang, Lei Yang & Bai-hua Gong

  3. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Lei Yang

  4. Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, USA

    Liang Huang

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Yang, Kq., Yang, L., Gong, Bh. et al. Geographical networks: geographical effects on network properties. Front. Phys. China 3, 105–111 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-008-0012-4

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