Topological Vulnerability Evaluation Model Based on Fractal Dimension of Complex Networks

Li Gou, Bo Wei, Rehan Sadiq, Yong Sadiq and Yong Deng

PLOS ONE, 2016, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-11

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.

Date: 2016
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