Efficient calculation of the robustness measure R for complex networks

In a recent work, Schneider et al. (2011) proposed a new measure R for network robustness, where the value of R is calculated within the entire process of malicious node attacks. In this paper, we present an approach to improve the calculation efficiency of R, in which a computationally efficient ro...

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Autores: Hong, Chen, He, Ning, Lordan González, Oriol|||0000-0002-7376-5253, Liang, Bo-Yuan, Yin, Nai-Yu
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/102283
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/102283
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2017.02.054
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Network analysis (Planning)
System analysis
Network robustness
Robustness measure
Malicious attack
Complex networks
Anàlisi de xarxes (Planificació)
Anàlisi de sistemes
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
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Resumo:In a recent work, Schneider et al. (2011) proposed a new measure R for network robustness, where the value of R is calculated within the entire process of malicious node attacks. In this paper, we present an approach to improve the calculation efficiency of R, in which a computationally efficient robustness measure R' is introduced when the fraction of failed nodes reaches to a critical threshold qc. Simulation results on three different types of network models and three real networks show that these networks all exhibit a computationally efficient robustness measure R'. The relationships between R' and the network size N and the network average degree <k> are also explored. It is found that the value of R' decreases with N while increases with <k>. Our results would be useful for improving the calculation efficiency of network robustness measure R for complex networks.