We study the collective dynamics of noise-driven excitable elements, so-called active rotators. Crucially here, the natural frequencies and the individual coupling strengths are drawn from some joint probability distribution. Combining a mean-field treatment with a Gaussian approximation allows us to find examples where the infinite-dimensional system is reduced to a few ordinary differential equations. Our focus lies in the cooperative behavior in a population consisting of two parts, where one is composed of excitable elements, while the other one contains only self-oscillatory units. Surprisingly, excitable behavior in the whole system sets in only if the excitable elements have a smaller coupling strength than the self-oscillating units. In this way positive local correlations between natural frequencies and couplings shape the global behavior of mixed populations of excitable and oscillatory elements. © 2014 The Author(s).
CITATION STYLE
Sonnenschein, B., Peron, T. K. D., Rodrigues, F. A., Kurths, J., & Schimansky-Geier, L. (2014). Cooperative behavior between oscillatory and excitable units: The peculiar role of positive coupling-frequency correlations. European Physical Journal B, 87(8). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2014-50274-2
Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.