Shock waves on complex networks

Power grids, road maps, and river streams are examples of infrastructural networks which are highly vulnerable to external perturbations. An abrupt local change of load (voltage, traffic density, or water level) might propagate in a cascading way and affect a significant fraction of the network. Alm...

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Main Authors: Mones, Enys, Araújo, Nuno A. M., Vicsek, Tamás, Herrmann, Hans J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4018611/