Identifying critical nodes' group in complex networks

ZY Jiang, Y Zeng, ZH Liu, JF Ma - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, network vulnerability or security has attracted much attention in various networked
systems, and especially in security related attacks or protections, there are a set of influential …

New attack strategies for complex networks

T Nie, Z Guo, K Zhao, ZM Lu - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2015 - Elsevier
The invulnerability of complex networks is an important issue in that the behavior of scale-
free network differs from that of exponential network. According to the structural …

Vulnerability of link-weighted complex networks in central attacks and fallback strategy

PB Divya, DS Lekha, TP Johnson… - Physica A: Statistical …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, we study the vulnerability of link-weighted networks against different central-
attack strategies. We simulate simultaneous and sequential attacks on networks based on …

A memetic algorithm for determining the nodal attacks with minimum cost on complex networks

Z Yang, J Liu - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2018 - Elsevier
Many real-world networks are exposed in complicated environments and may be destroyed
easily by various kinds of attacks and errors. With no doubt it is of great significance to …

Central attacks in complex networks: A revisit with new fallback strategy

DS Lekha, K Balakrishnan - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, we revisit central attacks in complex networks. We simulate simultaneous as
well as sequential attacks on networks based on degree (DC), betweenness (BC) and …

Attack vulnerability of complex networks

P Holme, BJ Kim, CN Yoon, SK Han - Physical review E, 2002 - APS
We study the response of complex networks subject to attacks on vertices and edges.
Several existing complex network models as well as real-world networks of scientific …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Weight Thresholding on the Robustness of Real-World Complex Networks to Central Node Attacks

JM John, M Bellingeri, DS Lekha, D Cassi, R Alfieri - Mathematics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we investigate the effect of weight thresholding (WT) on the robustness of real-
world complex networks. Here, we assess the robustness of networks after WT against …

Efficiency of attack strategies on complex model and real-world networks

M Bellingeri, D Cassi, S Vincenzi - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2014 - Elsevier
We investigated the efficiency of attack strategies to network nodes when targeting several
complex model and real-world networks. We tested 5 attack strategies, 3 of which were …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying vulnerable nodes of complex networks in cascading failures induced by node-based attacks

S Li, L Li, Y Jia, X Liu, Y Yang - Mathematical problems in …, 2013 - hindawi.com
In the research on network security, distinguishing the vulnerable components of networks is
very important for protecting infrastructures systems. Here, we probe how to identify the …

Evolution of network robustness under continuous topological changes

L Ma, J Liu, B Duan - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2016 - Elsevier
Many networks in reality face a dynamic iteration of attacking and defending, in which
attackers and defenders take turns to destroy and replenish networks. The framework of …