| Автор | Carmi, S. |
| Автор | Wu, Z. |
| Автор | Havlin, S. |
| Автор | Stanley, H. E. |
| Дата выпуска | 2008-10-01 |
| dc.description | We investigate the electrical current and flow (number of parallel paths) between two sets of n sources and n sinks in complex networks. We derive analytical formulas for the average current and flow as a function of n. We show that for small n, increasing n improves the total transport in the network, while for large n bottlenecks begin to form. For the case of flow, this leads to an optimal n<sup>*</sup> above which the transport is less efficient. For current, the typical decrease in the length of the connecting paths for large n compensates for the effect of the bottlenecks. We also derive an expression for the average flow as a function of n under the common limitation that transport takes place between specific pairs of sources and sinks. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Копирайт | Europhysics Letters Association |
| Название | Transport in networks with multiple sources and sinks |
| Тип | lett |
| DOI | 10.1209/0295-5075/84/28005 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1286-4854 |
| Print ISSN | 0295-5075 |
| Журнал | EPL (Europhysics Letters) |
| Том | 84 |
| Первая страница | 28005 |
| Последняя страница | 28010 |
| Аффилиация | Carmi, S.; Minerva Center and Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University - Ramat Gan 52900, Israel; Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University - Boston, MA 02215, USA |
| Аффилиация | Wu, Z.; Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University - Boston, MA 02215, USA |
| Аффилиация | Havlin, S.; Minerva Center and Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University - Ramat Gan 52900, Israel |
| Аффилиация | Stanley, H. E.; Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University - Boston, MA 02215, USA |
| Выпуск | 2 |
