Guardiola Martínez, XavierDíaz Guilera, AlbertLlas Rubio, MateuPérez-Vicente, Conrado, 1962-2011-07-072011-07-0720001063-651Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/18831We study synchronization dynamics of a population of pulse-coupled oscillators. In particular, we focus our attention on the interplay between topological disorder and synchronization features of networks. First, we analyze synchronization time T in random networks, and find a scaling law which relates T to network connectivity. Then, we compare synchronization time for several other topological configurations, characterized by a different degree of randomness. The analysis shows that regular lattices perform better than a disordered network. This fact can be understood by considering the variability in the number of links between two adjacent neighbors. This phenomenon is equivalent to having a nonrandom topology with a distribution of interactions and it can be removed by an adequate local normalization of the couplings.6 p.application/pdfeng(c) American Physical Society, 2000Física mèdicaBiofísicaFísica estadísticaTermodinàmicaSistemes dinàmics diferenciablesEquacions d'estatTransformacions de fase (Física estadística)Medical physicsBiophysicsStatistical physicsThermodynamicsDifferentiable dynamical systemsEquations of statePhase transformations (Statistical physics)info:eu-repo/semantics/article172843info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess