Multiscale vulnerability of complex networks.
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.
Boccaletti
Stefano
S
Embassy of Italy in Tel Aviv, 25 Hamered Street, 68125 Tel Aviv, Israel.
Buldú
Javier
J
Criado
Regino
R
Flores
Julio
J
Latora
Vito
V
Pello
Javier
J
Romance
Miguel
M
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