@article{Pikovskij2016, author = {Pikovskij, Arkadij}, title = {Reconstruction of a neural network from a time series of firing rates}, series = {Physical review : E, Statistical, nonlinear and soft matter physics}, volume = {93}, journal = {Physical review : E, Statistical, nonlinear and soft matter physics}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, address = {College Park}, issn = {2470-0045}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.93.062313}, pages = {4}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Randomly coupled neural fields demonstrate irregular variation of firing rates, if the coupling is strong enough, as has been shown by Sompolinsky et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 259 (1988)]. We present a method for reconstruction of the coupling matrix from a time series of irregular firing rates. The approach is based on the particular property of the nonlinearity in the coupling, as the latter is determined by a sigmoidal gain function. We demonstrate that for a large enough data set and a small measurement noise, the method gives an accurate estimation of the coupling matrix and of other parameters of the system, including the gain function.}, language = {en} } @article{NagornovOsipoyKomarovetal.2016, author = {Nagornov, Roman and Osipoy, Grigory and Komarov, Maxim and Pikovskij, Arkadij and Shilnikov, Andrey}, title = {Mixed-mode synchronization between two inhibitory neurons with post-inhibitory rebound}, series = {Communications in nonlinear science \& numerical simulation}, volume = {36}, journal = {Communications in nonlinear science \& numerical simulation}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1007-5704}, doi = {10.1016/j.cnsns.2015.11.024}, pages = {175 -- 191}, year = {2016}, abstract = {We study an array of activity rhythms generated by a half-center oscillator (HCO), represented by a pair of reciprocally coupled neurons with post-inhibitory rebounds (PIR). Such coupling induced bursting possesses two time scales, one for fast spiking and another for slow quiescent periods, is shown to exhibit an array of synchronization properties. We discuss several HCO configurations constituted by two endogenous bursters, by tonic-spiking and quiescent neurons, as well as mixed-mode configurations composed of neurons of different type. We demonstrate that burst synchronization can be accompanied by complex, often chaotic, interactions of fast spikes within synchronized bursts. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @article{BolotovOsipovPikovskij2016, author = {Bolotov, M. I. and Osipov, Grigory V. and Pikovskij, Arkadij}, title = {Marginal chimera state at cross-frequency locking of pulse-coupled neural networks}, series = {Physical review : E, Statistical, nonlinear and soft matter physics}, volume = {93}, journal = {Physical review : E, Statistical, nonlinear and soft matter physics}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, address = {College Park}, issn = {2470-0045}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.93.032202}, pages = {6}, year = {2016}, abstract = {We consider two coupled populations of leaky integrate-and-fire neurons. Depending on the coupling strength, mean fields generated by these populations can have incommensurate frequencies or become frequency locked. In the observed 2:1 locking state of the mean fields, individual neurons in one population are asynchronous with the mean fields, while in another population they have the same frequency as the mean field. These synchronous neurons form a chimera state, where part of them build a fully synchronized cluster, while other remain scattered. We explain this chimera as a marginal one, caused by a self-organized neutral dynamics of the effective circle map.}, language = {en} } @book{PikovskijPoliti2016, author = {Pikovskij, Arkadij and Politi, Antonio}, title = {Lyapunov Exponents}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, address = {Cambridge}, isbn = {978-1-107-03042-8}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {XII, 285}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Lyapunov exponents lie at the heart of chaos theory, and are widely used in studies of complex dynamics. Utilising a pragmatic, physical approach, this self-contained book provides a comprehensive description of the concept. Beginning with the basic properties and numerical methods, it then guides readers through to the most recent advances in applications to complex systems. Practical algorithms are thoroughly reviewed and their performance is discussed, while a broad set of examples illustrate the wide range of potential applications. The description of various numerical and analytical techniques for the computation of Lyapunov exponents offers an extensive array of tools for the characterization of phenomena such as synchronization, weak and global chaos in low and high-dimensional set-ups, and localization. This text equips readers with all the investigative expertise needed to fully explore the dynamical properties of complex systems, making it ideal for both graduate students and experienced researchers.}, language = {en} } @misc{PimenovaGoldobinRosenblumetal.2016, author = {Pimenova, Anastasiya V. and Goldobin, Denis S. and Rosenblum, Michael and Pikovskij, Arkadij}, title = {Interplay of coupling and common noise at the transition to synchrony in oscillator populations}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-103471}, pages = {7}, year = {2016}, abstract = {There are two ways to synchronize oscillators: by coupling and by common forcing, which can be pure noise. By virtue of the Ott-Antonsen ansatz for sine-coupled phase oscillators, we obtain analytically tractable equations for the case where both coupling and common noise are present. While noise always tends to synchronize the phase oscillators, the repulsive coupling can act against synchrony, and we focus on this nontrivial situation. For identical oscillators, the fully synchronous state remains stable for small repulsive coupling; moreover it is an absorbing state which always wins over the asynchronous regime. For oscillators with a distribution of natural frequencies, we report on a counter-intuitive effect of dispersion (instead of usual convergence) of the oscillators frequencies at synchrony; the latter effect disappears if noise vanishes.}, language = {en} } @article{PimenovaGoldobinRosenblumetal.2016, author = {Pimenova, Anastasiya V. and Goldobin, Denis S. and Rosenblum, Michael and Pikovskij, Arkadij}, title = {Interplay of coupling and common noise at the transition to synchrony in oscillator populations}, series = {Scientific reports}, volume = {6}, journal = {Scientific reports}, publisher = {Nature Publ. Group}, address = {London}, issn = {2045-2322}, doi = {10.1038/srep38518}, pages = {7}, year = {2016}, abstract = {There are two ways to synchronize oscillators: by coupling and by common forcing, which can be pure noise. By virtue of the Ott-Antonsen ansatz for sine-coupled phase oscillators, we obtain analytically tractable equations for the case where both coupling and common noise are present. While noise always tends to synchronize the phase oscillators, the repulsive coupling can act against synchrony, and we focus on this nontrivial situation. For identical oscillators, the fully synchronous state remains stable for small repulsive coupling; moreover it is an absorbing state which always wins over the asynchronous regime. For oscillators with a distribution of natural frequencies, we report on a counter-intuitive effect of dispersion (instead of usual convergence) of the oscillators frequencies at synchrony; the latter effect disappears if noise vanishes.}, language = {en} } @article{VlasovRosenblumPikovskij2016, author = {Vlasov, Vladimir and Rosenblum, Michael and Pikovskij, Arkadij}, title = {Dynamics of weakly inhomogeneous oscillator populations: perturbation theory on top of Watanabe-Strogatz integrability}, series = {Journal of physics : A, Mathematical and theoretical}, volume = {49}, journal = {Journal of physics : A, Mathematical and theoretical}, publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.}, address = {Bristol}, issn = {1751-8113}, doi = {10.1088/1751-8113/49/31/31LT02}, pages = {8}, year = {2016}, abstract = {As has been shown by Watanabe and Strogatz (WS) (1993 Phys. Rev. Lett. 70 2391), a population of identical phase oscillators, sine-coupled to a common field, is a partially integrable system: for any ensemble size its dynamics reduce to equations for three collective variables. Here we develop a perturbation approach for weakly nonidentical ensembles. We calculate corrections to the WS dynamics for two types of perturbations: those due to a distribution of natural frequencies and of forcing terms, and those due to small white noise. We demonstrate that in both cases, the complex mean field for which the dynamical equations are written is close to the Kuramoto order parameter, up to the leading order in the perturbation. This supports the validity of the dynamical reduction suggested by Ott and Antonsen (2008 Chaos 18 037113) for weakly inhomogeneous populations.}, language = {en} }