Article: Identification of cascading dynamic critical nodes in complex networks Journal: International Journal of Embedded Systems (IJES) 2020 Vol.12 No.2 pp.226 - 233 Abstract: Catastrophic events occur frequently on the internet and power grids as well as other infrastructure systems in recent years, which can be considered, to some extent, to be triggered by minor events. To study the dynamic behaviour on these systems, we generally should simplify them as networks. We should pay more attention to these backbone networks so as to explore the dynamic behaviour and mechanisms of the embedded systems more deeply and broadly. One of the major problems in the field of networks is how to identify the critical nodes. In this paper, we explore the identification method of cascading dynamic critical nodes in complex networks. By the average load oscillation extent of the affected nodes caused by attacking one node, we define the importance indicator of the attacked node with a cascading failure model based on a load preferential sharing rule. The indicator has two characteristics: one is that the failure consequence of the considered node can be clearly pointed out by its value. The other is that the evolution mechanism of node importance can be analysed with the factors of load redistribution mechanism, node capacity, and structural characteristics of the network. The experiments demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the indicators and its algorithm, with which we also analyse the node importance evolution mechanism in-depth. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Identification of cascading dynamic critical nodes in complex networks

Authors: Zhen-Hua Li; Dong-Li Duan

Addresses: Tianjin University of Commerce Boustead College, Jinjing Road 28, C103 Room, Xiqing District, Tianjin, China ' Equipment Engineering College, Engineering University of Chinese Armed Police Force, XiAn, ShanXi, China

Abstract: Catastrophic events occur frequently on the internet and power grids as well as other infrastructure systems in recent years, which can be considered, to some extent, to be triggered by minor events. To study the dynamic behaviour on these systems, we generally should simplify them as networks. We should pay more attention to these backbone networks so as to explore the dynamic behaviour and mechanisms of the embedded systems more deeply and broadly. One of the major problems in the field of networks is how to identify the critical nodes. In this paper, we explore the identification method of cascading dynamic critical nodes in complex networks. By the average load oscillation extent of the affected nodes caused by attacking one node, we define the importance indicator of the attacked node with a cascading failure model based on a load preferential sharing rule. The indicator has two characteristics: one is that the failure consequence of the considered node can be clearly pointed out by its value. The other is that the evolution mechanism of node importance can be analysed with the factors of load redistribution mechanism, node capacity, and structural characteristics of the network. The experiments demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the indicators and its algorithm, with which we also analyse the node importance evolution mechanism in-depth.

Keywords: complex networks; node importance; cascading failure; load redistribution rule; overload mechanism; scale-free networks; ER networks; power grid.

DOI: 10.1504/IJES.2020.105932

International Journal of Embedded Systems, 2020 Vol.12 No.2, pp.226 - 233

Received: 26 Jan 2016
Accepted: 24 Aug 2016
Published online: 19 Mar 2020 *

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