title: Topological Vulnerability Evaluation Model Based on Fractal Dimension of Complex Networks.
abstract: With an increasing emphasis on network security, much more attentions have been attracted to the vulnerability of complex networks. In this paper, the fractal dimension, which can reflect space-filling capacity of networks, is redefined as the origin moment of the edge betweenness to obtain a more reasonable evaluation of vulnerability. The proposed model combining multiple evaluation indexes not only overcomes the shortage of average edge betweenness's failing to evaluate vulnerability of some special networks, but also characterizes the topological structure and highlights the space-filling capacity of networks. The applications to six US airline networks illustrate the practicality and effectiveness of our proposed method, and the comparisons with three other commonly used methods further validate the superiority of our proposed method.
authors.affiliation: School of Computer and Information Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.|Department of Computer Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, United States of America.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gou
authors.affiliation: School of Computer and Information Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada V1V 1V7.
authors.forename: Rehan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sadiq
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada V1V 1V7.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sadiq
authors.affiliation: School of Computer and Information Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.|School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, United States of America.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft; D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017709:Fractals; D015233:Models, Statistical; D014481:United States