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A model of communication that is able to cope simultaneously with the problems of search and congestion is presented. We investigate the communication dynamics in model networks. Those networks consist in a regular lattice ordering plus some long-range short-cuts with a given probability. The destination nodes of the short-cuts are chosen according to some degree of preferentiality. We study then the interplay between short- and long-range links and preferentiality. We also introduce a general framework that enables a search of optimal structures. A relation between dynamical properties and topological properties of the network is found and exploited.
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Arenas, A., Cabrales, A., Díaz-Guilera, A., Guimerà, R., Vega-Redondo, F. (2003). Search and Congestion in Complex Networks. In: Pastor-Satorras, R., Rubi, M., Diaz-Guilera, A. (eds) Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 625. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44943-0_11
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