Macroscopic network circulation for planar graphs

The analysis of networks, aimed at suitably defined functionality, often focuses on partitions that capture desired features. Chief among the relevant concepts is a 2-partition; this underlies the Cheeger inequality and highlights a ‘`constriction’' that limits accessibili...

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Main Authors: Ariaei, F. (Author), Askarzadeh, Z. (Author), Chen, Y. (Author), Georgiou, T.T (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2022
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245 1 0 |a Macroscopic network circulation for planar graphs 
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520 3 |a The analysis of networks, aimed at suitably defined functionality, often focuses on partitions that capture desired features. Chief among the relevant concepts is a 2-partition; this underlies the Cheeger inequality and highlights a ‘`constriction’' that limits accessibility between the respective parts of the network. In a similar spirit, we explore a notion of global circulation which necessitates a concept of a 3-partition that exposes this macroscopic feature of network flows. Graph circulation is often present in transportation networks as well as in certain biological networks. We introduce a notion of circulation for general graphs and then focus on planar graphs. For the latter we explain that a scalar potential characterizes circulation in complete analogy with the curl of planar vector fields and we present an algorithm for determining values of the potential and, hence, quantify circulation. We then discuss notions of circulation, explain how these may depend on graph embedding, draw parallels with Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition of vector fields, and conclude with an application in detecting abnormalities in cardiac circulatory physiology. IEEE 
650 0 4 |a Cardiac circulatory abnormalities 
650 0 4 |a Cardiac circulatory abnormality 
650 0 4 |a Control systems 
650 0 4 |a Graph Partitioning 
650 0 4 |a Graph Partitioning 
650 0 4 |a Graph theory 
650 0 4 |a Graphic methods 
650 0 4 |a Helmholtz-hodge decomposition 
650 0 4 |a Helmholtz-hodge decomposition on graph 
650 0 4 |a Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition on graphs 
650 0 4 |a Linear matrix in equalities 
650 0 4 |a Linear matrix inequalities 
650 0 4 |a Linear matrix inequalities 
650 0 4 |a Markov chains 
650 0 4 |a Markov processes 
650 0 4 |a Markov processes 
650 0 4 |a Mathematical models 
650 0 4 |a Network systems 
650 0 4 |a Network systems 
650 0 4 |a Planar graph 
650 0 4 |a Symmetric matrices 
650 0 4 |a Symmetric matrices 
650 0 4 |a Urban areas 
650 0 4 |a Urban areas 
650 0 4 |a Vector fields 
700 1 0 |a Ariaei, F.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Askarzadeh, Z.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Chen, Y.  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Georgiou, T.T.  |e author 
773 |t IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 
856 |z View Fulltext in Publisher  |u https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2022.3175127