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Complex networks describe a wide range of systems in nature and society. Since most real systems exist in certain physical space and the distance between the nodes has influence on the connections, it is helpful to study geographical complex networks and to investigate how the geographical constrains on the connections affect the network properties. In this paper, we briefly review our recent progress on geographical complex networks with respect of statistics, modelling, robustness, and synchronizability. It has been shown that the geographical constrains tend to make the network less robust and less synchronizable. Synchronization on random networks and clustered networks is also studied.
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Yang, Kq., Yang, L., Gong, Bh. et al. Geographical networks: geographical effects on network properties. Front. Phys. China 3, 105–111 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-008-0012-4
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