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20192026
most citedIdentifying vital nodes by Achlioptas process

30 citations · 53 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

cs.AI2026

TopoIntent: Compiling Security Intent into Executable, Compliance-Checked Network Topologies

Xiaokang Qu, Jianliang Ma, Zao Fan +3

Enterprise security topology design requires translating business intent, regulatory requirements, and risk assumptions into zones, boundary devices, inter-zone paths, and access-c…

cs.SI2026★ 1 cited

FS_GPlib: Breaking the Web-Scale Barrier - A Unified Acceleration Framework for Graph Propagation Models

Chang Guo, Juyuan Zhang, Chang Su +2

Propagation models are essential for modeling and simulating dynamic processes such as epidemics and information diffusion. However, existing tools struggle to scale to large-scale…

cs.SI2025

Structure-Aware Optimal Intervention for Rumor Dynamics on Networks: Node-Level, Time-Varying, and Resource-Constrained

Yan Zhu, Qingyang Liu, Chang Guo +2

Rumor propagation in social networks undermines social stability and public trust, calling for interventions that are both effective and resource-efficient. We develop a node-level…

cs.SI2025

Deterministic Frequency--Domain Inference of Network Topology and Hidden Components via Structure--Behavior Scaling

Xiaoxiao Liang, Tianlong Fan, Linyuan Lü

Hidden interactions and components in complex systems-ranging from covert actors in terrorist networks to unobserved brain regions and molecular regulators-often manifest only thro…

eess.SY2025

Revealing Chaotic Dependence and Degree-Structure Mechanisms in Optimal Pinning Control of Complex Networks

Qingyang Liu, Tianlong Fan, Liming Pan +1

Identifying an optimal set of driver nodes to achieve synchronization via pinning control is a fundamental challenge in complex network science, limited by computational intractabi…

eess.SY2025

Perturbation-Based Pinning Control Strategy for Enhanced Synchronization in Complex Networks

Ziang Mao, Tianlong Fan, Linyuan Lü

Synchronization is essential for the stability and coordinated operation of complex networked systems. Pinning control, which selectively controls a subset of nodes, provides a sca…

cs.SI2025★ 5 cited

Weighted cycle-based identification of influential node groups in complex networks

Wenxin Zheng, Wenfeng Shi, Tianlong Fan +1

Identifying influential node groups in complex networks is crucial for optimizing information dissemination, epidemic control, and viral marketing. However, traditional centrality-…

cs.SI2024

Modeling Emotional Dynamics in Social Networks: Uncovering the Positive Role of Information Cocoons in Group Emotional Stabilization

Jinhu Ren, Xifei Fu, Tianlong Fan +1

Information cocooning-amplified by algorithmic filtering-poses complex challenges for emotional dynamics in online social networks. This study explores how algorithmically reinforc…

cs.SI2024★ 1 cited

A universal optimization framework based on cycle ranking for influence maximization in complex networks

Wenfeng Shi, Tianlong Fan, Shuqi Xu +2

Influence maximization aims to identify a set of influential individuals, referred to as influencers, as information sources to maximize the spread of information within networks,…

cs.SI2024

A Fast Maximum Clique Algorithm Based on Network Decomposition for Large Sparse Networks

Tianlong Fan, Wenjun Jiang, Yi-Cheng Zhang +1

Finding maximum cliques in large networks is a challenging combinatorial problem with many real-world applications. We present a fast algorithm to achieve the exact solution for th…

cs.SI2024★ 1 cited

A Quick Framework for Evaluating Worst Robustness of Complex Networks

Wenjun Jiang, Peiyan Li, Tianlong Fan +4

Robustness is pivotal for comprehending, designing, optimizing, and rehabilitating networks, with simulation attacks being the prevailing evaluation method. Simulation attacks are…

physics.soc-ph2024

Network higher-order structure dismantling

Peng Peng, Tianlong Fan, Linyuan Lü

Diverse higher-order structures, foundational for supporting a network's "meta-functions", play a vital role in structure, functionality, and the emergence of complex dynamics. Nev…

physics.soc-ph2023★ 3 cited

Unveiling Explosive Vulnerability of Networks through Edge Collective Behavior

Peng Peng, Tianlong Fan, Xiao-Long Ren +1

Edges, binding together nodes within networks, have the potential to induce dramatic transitions when specific collective failure behaviors emerge. These changes, initially unfoldi…

cs.CV2023

Comprehensive Analysis of Network Robustness Evaluation Based on Convolutional Neural Networks with Spatial Pyramid Pooling

Wenjun Jiang, Tianlong Fan, Changhao Li +3

Connectivity robustness, a crucial aspect for understanding, optimizing, and repairing complex networks, has traditionally been evaluated through time-consuming and often impractic…

physics.soc-ph2021★ 30 cited

Identifying vital nodes by Achlioptas process

Zhihao Qiu, Tianlong Fan, Ming Li +1

The vital nodes are the ones that play an important role in the organization of network structure or the dynamical behaviours of networked systems. Previous studies usually applied…

physics.soc-ph2020★ 6 cited

Characterizing cycle structure in complex networks

Tianlong Fan, Linyuan Lü, Dinghua Shi +1

Cycle is the simplest structure that brings redundant paths in network connectivity and feedback effects in network dynamics. Focusing on cycle structure, this paper defines a new…

physics.soc-ph2019★ 6 cited

Towards the cycle structures in complex network: A new perspective

Tianlong Fan, Linyuan Lü, Dinghua Shi

Stars and cycles are basic structures in network construction. The former has been well studied in network analysis, while the latter attracted rare attention. A node together with…