Preferential network perturbation

A.P. Quayle, A.S. Siddiqui and S.J.M. Jones

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2006, vol. 371, issue 2, 823-840

Abstract: We study network robustness to perturbation for a pair of non-directional networks, motivated by applications in cancer network modelling. The susceptibility of single networks to attack and failure has been well-studied, but a similar problem for a pair of networks with non-zero similarity has so far not been considered. In the current approach, we wish to maximise the perturbation of one network while minimising that of a second network, thus achieving a “preferential” perturbation. We focus on network pairs derived from a single underlying network which we call “correlated” networks, and use model networks to generate results and principles for general network topologies.

Keywords: Networks; Robustness; Network attack (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.03.031

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