Projekt

Network motifs are groups of few nodes with a specific link pattern. The dynamic performance of a network depends significantly on the types and numbers of motifs. In this project the link between the motif composition and dynamic performance of a network is studied by (i) developing new methods for systematically varying the motif content, (ii) simulating simple dynamic processes and evaluating the resulting performance, and (iii) attempting to observe motif-dependent dynamic function of networks in three case studies. These test cases are: metabolic networks (re-organization of metabolic fluxes after a topological perturbation), the network of long-distance train connections (size of delay cascades), and coauthorship networks (a publication's impact as a function of its authors constellation).

• Prof. Dr. Marc-Thorsten Hütt

  Constructor University
  Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry
  Computational Systems Biology
  Bremen
  

• Prof. Dr. Karsten Weihe

  Technische Universität Darmstadt
  FB Informatik
  Fachgebiet Algorithmik
  Darmstadt
  

• Prof. Dr. Matthias Müller-Hannemann

  Universität Halle-Wittenberg
  Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät III
  Institut für Informatik
  Halle (Saale)