Commutative Monoid Formalism for Weighted Coupled Cell Networks and Invariant Synchrony Patterns

Abstract

This paper presents a framework based on matrices of monoids for the study of coupled cell networks. We formally prove within the proposed framework, that the set of results about invariant synchrony patterns for unweighted networks also holds for the weighted case. Moreover, the approach described allows us to reason about any multiedge and multiedge-type network as if it was single edge and single-edge-type. Several examples illustrate the concepts described. Additionally, an improvement of the coarsest invariant refinement algorithm to find balanced partitions is presented that exhibits a worst-case complexity of $ \mathbf{O}(\vert\mathcal{C}\vert^3) $, where $\mathcal{C}$ denotes the set of cells.