Constrained Markovian Dynamics of Random Graphs (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Constrained Markovian Dynamics of Random Graphs (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2009-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Coolen, A.C.C.; De Martino, A.; Annibale, A. (2009)
    Constrained Markovian Dynamics of Random Graphs
    in Journal of statistical physics
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  • Coolen, A.C.C.; De Martino, A.; Annibale, A. (literal)
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  • 1035 (literal)
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  • 136 (literal)
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  • Department of Mathematics and Randall Division, King's College London, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK CNR/INFM (SMC), Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Universita? di Roma, p.le A. Moro 2, 00185 (literal)
Titolo
  • Constrained Markovian Dynamics of Random Graphs (literal)
Abstract
  • We introduce a statistical mechanics formalism for the study of constrained graph evolution as a Markovian stochastic process, in analogy with that available for spin systems, deriving its basic properties and highlighting the role of the 'mobility' (the number of allowed moves for any given graph). As an application of the general theory we analyze the properties of degree-preserving Markov chains based on elementary edge switchings. We give an exact yet simple formula for the mobility in terms of the graph's adjacency matrix and its spectrum. This formula allows us to define acceptance probabilities for edge switchings, such that the Markov chains become controlled Glauber-type detailed balance processes, designed to evolve to any required invariant measure (representing the asymptotic frequencies with which the allowed graphs are visited during the process). As a corollary we also derive a condition in terms of simple degree statistics, sufficient to guarantee that, in the limit where the number of nodes diverges, even for state-independent acceptance probabilities of proposed moves the invariant measure of the process will be uniform. We test our theory on synthetic graphs and on realistic larger graphs as studied in cellular biology, showing explicitly that, for instances where the simple edge swap dynamics fails to converge to the uniform measure, a suitably modified Markov chain instead generates the correct phase space sampling. (literal)
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