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Catastrophic cascade of failures in interdependent networks

Catastrophic cascade of failures in interdependent networks On 28 September 2003, Italy suffered a near-nationwide power cut (Sicily was spared) that also brought down the Internet. Buldyrev et al. take this event, typical of a number that have occurred worldwide in recent years, and examine how such a cascade of failures involving independent networks can occur. They find that, surprisingly, a broader degree of distribution increases the vulnerability of interdependent networks to random failure — the opposite of what happens in a single network. This highlights the need to consider interdependent network properties when designing robust networks if a random failure is not to have catastrophic results. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nature Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved
Subject
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary; Science, multidisciplinary
ISSN
0028-0836
eISSN
1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/nature08932
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Abstract

On 28 September 2003, Italy suffered a near-nationwide power cut (Sicily was spared) that also brought down the Internet. Buldyrev et al. take this event, typical of a number that have occurred worldwide in recent years, and examine how such a cascade of failures involving independent networks can occur. They find that, surprisingly, a broader degree of distribution increases the vulnerability of interdependent networks to random failure — the opposite of what happens in a single network. This highlights the need to consider interdependent network properties when designing robust networks if a random failure is not to have catastrophic results.

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NatureSpringer Journals

Published: Apr 15, 2010

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