Reducing the Spectral Radius of a Torus Network by Link Removal

PLoS One. 2016 May 12;11(5):e0155580. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155580. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

The optimal link removal (OLR) problem aims at removing a given number of links of a network so that the spectral radius of the residue network obtained by removing the links from the network attains the minimum. Torus networks are a class of regular networks that have witnessed widespread applications. This paper addresses three subproblems of the OLR problem for torus networks, where two or three or four edges are removed. For either of the three subproblems, a link-removing scheme is described. Exhaustive searches show that, for small-sized tori, each of the proposed schemes produces an optimal solution to the corresponding subproblem. Monte-Carlo simulations demonstrate that, for medium-sized tori, each of the three schemes produces a solution to the corresponding subproblem, which is optimal when compared to a large set of randomly produced link-removing schemes. Consequently, it is speculated that each of the three schemes produces an optimal solution to the corresponding subproblem for all torus networks. The set of links produced by each of our schemes is evenly distributed over a network, which may be a common feature of an optimal solution to the OLR problem for regular networks.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Monte Carlo Method

Grants and funding

This work is supported by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61572006 [XY], 71301177 [YW]), Science and Technology Support Program of China (Grant No. 2014BAF05B03 [YW]), and Basic and Advanced Research Program of Chongqing (Grant Nos. cstc2013jcyjA1658 [YW], cstc2014jcyjA40011 [YW]). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.