title: Resilience of complex networks to random breakdown.
abstract: Using Monte Carlo simulations we calculate fc, the fraction of nodes that are randomly removed before global connectivity is lost, for networks with scale-free and bimodal degree distributions. Our results differ from the results predicted by an equation for fc proposed by Cohen We discuss the reasons for this disagreement and clarify the domain for which the proposed equation is valid.
authors.affiliation: Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. gerryp@bu.edu
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Sameet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sreenivasan
authors.forename: H Eugene
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Stanley