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physics.soc-ph2011★ 114 cited

Robustness of onion-like correlated networks against targeted attacks

Toshihiro Tanizawa, Shlomo Havlin, H. Eugene Stanley

Recently, it was found by Schneider et al. [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 108, 3838 (2011)], using simulations, that scale-free networks with "onion structure" are very robust agains…

physics.soc-ph2011★ 138 cited

Statistical Laws Governing Fluctuations in Word Use from Word Birth to Word Death

Alexander M. Petersen, Joel Tenenbaum, Shlomo Havlin +1

We analyze the dynamic properties of 10^7 words recorded in English, Spanish and Hebrew over the period 1800--2008 in order to gain insight into the coevolution of language and cul…

physics.soc-ph2011★ 208 cited

Percolation in Interdependent and Interconnected Networks: Abrupt Change from Second to First Order Transition

Yanqing Hu, Baruch Ksherim, Reuven Cohen +1

Robustness of two coupled networks system has been studied only for dependency coupling (S. Buldyrev et. al., Nature, 2010) and only for connectivity coupling (E. A. Leicht and R.…

physics.soc-ph2011★ 1k cited

Mitigation of Malicious Attacks on Networks

Christian M. Schneider, Andre A. Moreira, Jose S. Andrade +2

Terrorist attacks on transportation networks have traumatized modern societies. With a single blast, it has become possible to paralyze airline traffic, electric power supply, grou…

physics.soc-ph2011★ 164 cited

Suppressing Epidemics with a Limited Amount of Immunization Units

Christian M. Schneider, Tamara Mihaljev, Shlomo Havlin +1

The way diseases spread through schools, epidemics through countries, and viruses through the Internet is crucial in determining their risk. Although each of these threats has its…