%0 Journal Article %T Efficiency dynamics on two coupled small-world networks %A Zhang %A Jin-Fang %A Shao %A Zhi-Gang %A Yang %A Lei %J Brazilian Journal of Physics %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S0103-97332010000400011 %X we investigate the effect of clusters in complex networks on efficiency dynamics by studying a simple efficiency model in two coupled small-world networks. it is shown that the critical network randomness corresponding to transition from a stagnant phase to a growing one decreases to zero as the connection strength of clusters increases. it is also shown for fixed randomness that the state of clusters transits from a stagnant phase to a growing one as the connection strength of clusters increases. this work can be useful for understanding the critical transition appearing in many dynamic processes on the cluster networks. %K efficiency dynamics %K small-world networks %K cluster. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-97332010000400011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en