Inter-layer competition in adaptive multiplex network

Layer-layer competition in multiplex complex networks

The coexistence of multiple types of interactions within social, technological and biological networks has moved the focus of the physics of complex systems towards a multiplex description of the interactions between their constituents. This novel approach has unveiled that the multiplex nature of complex systems has strong influence in the emergence of collective states and their critical prop...

Inter-layer Degree Correlations in Heterogeneously Growing Multiplex Networks

The multiplex network growth literature has been confined to homogeneous growth hitherto, where the number of links that each new incoming node establishes is the same across layers. This paper focuses on heterogeneous growth in a simple two-layer setting. We first analyze the case of two preferentially growing layers and find a closedform expression for the inter-layer degree distribution, and...

Layer Communities in Multiplex Networks

Multiplex networks are a type of multilayer network in which entities are connected to each other via multiple types of connections. We propose a method, based on computing pairwise similarities between layers and then doing community detection, for grouping structurally similar layers in multiplex networks. We illustrate our approach using both synthetic and empirical networks, and we are able...

Forwarding on gates: a flexible and scalable inter-network layer supporting in-network functions

PCE Inter - Layer Requirements

The Path Computation Element (PCE) provides functions of path computation in support of traffic engineering in networks controlled by Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Generalized MPLS (GMPLS). MPLS and GMPLS networks may be constructed from layered client/server networks. It is advantageous for overall network efficiency to provide end-to-end traffic engineering across multiple network...