Abstract.
In this paper, inspired by the idea that different nodes should play different roles in network synchronization, we bring forward a coupling method where the coupling strength of each node depends on its neighbors' degrees. Compared with the uniform coupled method and the recently proposed Motter-Zhou-Kurths method, the synchronizability of scale-free networks can be remarkably enhanced by using the present coupling method, and the highest network synchronizability is achieved at β=1 which is similar to a method introduced in [AIP Conf. Proc. 776, 201 (2005)].
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Zhao, M., Zhou, T., Wang, BH. et al. Better synchronizability predicted by a new coupling method. Eur. Phys. J. B 53, 375–379 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2006-00383-6
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