title: Emerging meso- and macroscales from synchronization of adaptive networks.
abstract: We consider a set of interacting phase oscillators, with a coupling between synchronized nodes adaptively reinforced, and the constraint of a limited resource for a node to establish connections with the other units of the network. We show that such a competitive mechanism leads to the emergence of a rich modular structure underlying cluster synchronization, and to a scale-free distribution for the connection strengths of the units.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biomedical Technology, Technical University of Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Assenza
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez-Gardeñes
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Latora
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boccaletti
mesh_terms: D008959:Models, Neurological; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000166:cytology; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology; D013997:Time Factors