title: Multiscale vulnerability of complex networks.
abstract: We present a novel approach to quantify the vulnerability of a complex network, i.e., the capacity of a graph to maintain its functional performance under random damages or malicious attacks. The proposed measure represents a multiscale evaluation of vulnerability, and makes use of combined powers of the links' betweenness. We show that the proposed approach is able to properly describe some cases for which earlier measures of vulnerability fail. The relevant applications of our method for technological network design are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Embassy of Italy in Tel Aviv, 25 Hamered Street, 68125 Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boccaletti
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buldú
authors.forename: Regino
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Criado
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Latora
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pello
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romance
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D011210:Power Plants; D012984:Software; D013598:Systems Theory