3 papers
physics.soc-ph2005
Centrality Measures in Spatial Networks of Urban Streets
Paolo Crucitti, Vito Latora, Sergio Porta
We study centrality in urban street patterns of different world cities represented as networks in geographical space. The results indicate that a spatial analysis based on a set of…
cond-mat.other2004
Modeling Cascading Failures in the North American Power Grid
Ryan Kinney, Paolo Crucitti, Reka Albert +1
The North American power grid is one of the most complex technological networks, and its interconnectivity allows both for long-distance power transmission and for the propagation…
cond-mat.other2003
A model for cascading failures in complex networks
Paolo Crucitti, Vito Latora, Massimo Marchiori
Large but rare cascades triggered by small initial shocks are present in most of the infrastructure networks. Here we present a simple model for cascading failures based on the dyn…