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When a piece of information spreads on a complex network, error or distortion can occur. For a high error probability, the phenomenon of information explosion can occur where the number of distinct pieces of information on the network increases continuously with time. We construct a physical model to address this phenomenon. The transition to information explosion as the error probability increases through a critical value is uncovered and elucidated, and a control strategy is articulated to maximize the robustness of the network against information explosion, which is validated by both numerical computations and a mean-field based analysis.
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Ma, X., Wang, WX., Lai, YC. et al. Information explosion on complex networks and control. Eur. Phys. J. B 76, 179–183 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2010-00208-1
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