Coupling functions in networks of oscillators

Networks of interacting oscillators abound in nature, and one of the prevailing challenges in science is how to characterize and reconstruct them from measured data. We present a method of reconstruction based on dynamical Bayesian inference that is capable of detecting the effective phase connectiv...

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Main Authors: Tomislav Stankovski, Valentina Ticcinelli, Peter V E McClintock, Aneta Stefanovska
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/3/035002
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Valentina Ticcinelli
Peter V E McClintock
Aneta Stefanovska
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description Networks of interacting oscillators abound in nature, and one of the prevailing challenges in science is how to characterize and reconstruct them from measured data. We present a method of reconstruction based on dynamical Bayesian inference that is capable of detecting the effective phase connectivity within networks of time-evolving coupled phase oscillators subject to noise. It not only reconstructs pairwise, but also encompasses couplings of higher degree, including triplets and quadruplets of interacting oscillators. Thus inference of a multivariate network enables one to reconstruct the coupling functions that specify possible causal interactions, together with the functional mechanisms that underlie them. The characteristic features of the method are illustrated by the analysis of a numerically generated example: a network of noisy phase oscillators with time-dependent coupling parameters. To demonstrate its potential, the method is also applied to neuronal coupling functions from single- and multi-channel electroencephalograph recordings. The cross-frequency δ , α to α coupling function, and the θ , α , γ to γ triplet are computed, and their coupling strengths, forms of coupling function, and predominant coupling components, are analysed. The results demonstrate the applicability of the method to multivariate networks of oscillators, quite generally.
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spelling doaj.art-2b516bf84c4246fe82fdc097da70e5ee2023-08-08T14:19:54ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302015-01-0117303500210.1088/1367-2630/17/3/035002Coupling functions in networks of oscillatorsTomislav Stankovski0Valentina Ticcinelli1Peter V E McClintock2Aneta Stefanovska3Lancaster University, Department of Physics, Lancaster, UKLancaster University, Department of Physics, Lancaster, UKLancaster University, Department of Physics, Lancaster, UKLancaster University, Department of Physics, Lancaster, UKNetworks of interacting oscillators abound in nature, and one of the prevailing challenges in science is how to characterize and reconstruct them from measured data. We present a method of reconstruction based on dynamical Bayesian inference that is capable of detecting the effective phase connectivity within networks of time-evolving coupled phase oscillators subject to noise. It not only reconstructs pairwise, but also encompasses couplings of higher degree, including triplets and quadruplets of interacting oscillators. Thus inference of a multivariate network enables one to reconstruct the coupling functions that specify possible causal interactions, together with the functional mechanisms that underlie them. The characteristic features of the method are illustrated by the analysis of a numerically generated example: a network of noisy phase oscillators with time-dependent coupling parameters. To demonstrate its potential, the method is also applied to neuronal coupling functions from single- and multi-channel electroencephalograph recordings. The cross-frequency δ , α to α coupling function, and the θ , α , γ to γ triplet are computed, and their coupling strengths, forms of coupling function, and predominant coupling components, are analysed. The results demonstrate the applicability of the method to multivariate networks of oscillators, quite generally.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/3/035002coupling functionsnetworks of oscillatorsdynamical Bayesian inferencephysiological networksneuronal coupling functions
spellingShingle Tomislav Stankovski
Valentina Ticcinelli
Peter V E McClintock
Aneta Stefanovska
Coupling functions in networks of oscillators
New Journal of Physics
coupling functions
networks of oscillators
dynamical Bayesian inference
physiological networks
neuronal coupling functions
title Coupling functions in networks of oscillators
title_full Coupling functions in networks of oscillators
title_fullStr Coupling functions in networks of oscillators
title_full_unstemmed Coupling functions in networks of oscillators
title_short Coupling functions in networks of oscillators
title_sort coupling functions in networks of oscillators
topic coupling functions
networks of oscillators
dynamical Bayesian inference
physiological networks
neuronal coupling functions
url https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/3/035002
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