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    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 8;108(10):3838-41. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1009440108. Epub 2011 Feb 22.

    Mitigation of malicious attacks on networks.

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    Computational Physics for Engineering Materials, IfB, ETH Zurich, Schafmattstrasse 6, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. schnechr@ethz.ch

    Abstract

    Terrorist attacks on transportation networks have traumatized modern societies. With a single blast, it has become possible to paralyze airline traffic, electric power supply, ground transportation or Internet communication. How and at which cost can one restructure the network such that it will become more robust against a malicious attack? We introduce a new measure for robustness and use it to devise a method to mitigate economically and efficiently this risk. We demonstrate its efficiency on the European electricity system and on the Internet as well as on complex networks models. We show that with small changes in the network structure (low cost) the robustness of diverse networks can be improved dramatically whereas their functionality remains unchanged. Our results are useful not only for improving significantly with low cost the robustness of existing infrastructures but also for designing economically robust network systems.

    PMID:
    21368159
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    PMCID:
    PMC3053993
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