Dual phase evolution in networks

现代社会面临的一个巨大挑战是由组织和基础设施产生的庞大网络的绝对复杂性。意想不到的，有时甚至是灾难性的行为经常出现在这些系统内部的相互作用中。因此，互联网、金融市场、电网和其他重要的基础设施容易受到诸如级联故障、效率低下和不可预测性等代价高昂的问题的影响。生物技术、信息网络等高新技术产业面临着相互作用主体网络协调问题。该项目将通过推导支持稳定和弹性网络结构的设计原则来扩展复杂系统的视野，并在现实世界的网络中验证这些原则。

A grand challenge for modern society is the sheer complexity of vast networks arising from organizations and infrastructures. Unexpected, sometimes catastrophic, behaviour often emerges from interactions within such systems. As a result, the Internet, financial markets, power grids and other vital infrastructures are susceptible to costly problems such as cascading failures, inefficiency, and unpredictability. High-tech industries, such as biotechnology and information networking, face problems in coordinating networks of interacting agents. This project will expand the horizon of complex systems by deriving the design principles underpinning stable and resilient network structures and validate these principles on real world networks.