articleUCL Discovery (University College London)Aug 25, 2020Closed access

Networks beyond pairwise interactions: Structure and dynamics

BFBattiston, FCGCencetti, GIIIacopini, ILVLatora, VLMLucas, M

Fondazione Bruno Kessler · Queen Mary University of London · +14 more institutions

Abstract

The complexity of many biological, social and technological systems stems from the richness of the interactions among their units. Over the past decades, a variety of complex systems has been successfully described as networks whose interacting pairs of nodes are connected by links. Yet, from human communications to chemical reactions and ecological systems, interactions can often occur in groups of three or more nodes and cannot be described simply in terms of dyads. Until recently little attention has been devoted to the higher-order architecture of real complex systems. However, a mounting body of evidence is showing that taking the higher-order structure of these systems into account can enhance our…

Citation impact

1,220
total citations
FWCI
93.53
Percentile
100%
References
935
Citations per year

Authors

8
  • BF
    Battiston, FCorresponding
  • CG
    Cencetti, G

    Fondazione Bruno Kessler

  • II
    Iacopini, I

    Queen Mary University of London, University College London

  • LV
    Latora, V

    Turing Institute, Queen Mary University of London, British Library, Complexity Science Hub, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, The Alan Turing Institute

  • LM
    Lucas, M

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Centrale Marseille, Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Pairwise comparison
  • Dynamical systems theory
  • Complex network
  • Theoretical computer science
  • Variety (cybernetics)
  • Order (exchange)
  • Simple (philosophy)
  • Computer science
No related works found for this paper.

Funding