Network science has experienced unprecedented rapid development in the past two decades. The network perspective has also been widely applied to explore various complex systems in great depth. In the first decade, fundamental characteristics of complex network structure, such as the small-worldness, scale-freeness, and modularity, of various complex networked systems were harvested from analyzing big empirical data. The associated dynamical processes on complex networks were also heavily studied. In the second decade, more attention was devoted to investigating the control of complex networked systems, ranging from fundamental theories to practical applications. Here we briefly review the recent progress regarding network dynamics and control, mainly concentrating on research questions proposed in the six papers we collected for this topical issue. This review closes with possible research directions along this line, and several important problems to be solved. We expect that, in the near future, network control will play an even bigger role in more fields, helping us understand and control many complex natural and engineered systems.

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控制网络动态

网络科学在过去的二十年中经历了前所未有的快速发展。网络视角也被广泛应用于深入探索各种复杂系统。在第一个十年中，通过对大量经验数据的分析，获得了各种复杂网络系统的小世界性、无标度和模块化等复杂网络结构的基本特征。复杂网络上的相关动态过程也得到了大量研究。在第二个十年，更多的注意力集中在复杂网络系统的控制上，从基础理论到实际应用。在这里，我们简要回顾一下网络动态和控制方面的最新进展，主要集中在我们为此主题收集的六篇论文中提出的研究问题。这篇综述以沿着这条线的可能的研究方向以及有待解决的几个重要问题结束。我们预计，在不久的将来，网络控制将在更多领域发挥更大的作用，帮助我们理解和控制许多复杂的自然和工程系统。