On Synchronization in Continuous-Time Networks of Nonlinear Nodes With State-Dependent and Degenerate Noise Diffusion.

In this paper, we present a generalization of a recent result on the almost sure consensus for networks affected by relative-state-dependent measurement noise. Specifically, we give two sufficient conditions for the synchronization of networks of diffusively coupled nonlinear nodes affected by certain state-dependent noise diffusion processes. We use this condition to study the onset of synchronization in a network of Lorenz systems and collective opinion dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]