Synchronization in complex networks with a modular structure

Chaos

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Park, Kwangho ^a   Lai, Ying Cheng ^a   Gupte, Saurabh ^a   Kim, Jong Won ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645690394     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2154881     Document Type: Article

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