Show simple item record

Files in this item

Thumbnail

Item metadata

dc.contributor.authorShai, Saray
dc.contributor.authorKennett, Dror
dc.contributor.authorKennett, Yoed
dc.contributor.authorFaust, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorDobson, Simon Andrew
dc.contributor.authorHavlin, Shlomo
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T14:40:03Z
dc.date.available2015-12-07T14:40:03Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-02
dc.identifier.citationShai , S , Kennett , D , Kennett , Y , Faust , M , Dobson , S A & Havlin , S 2015 , ' Critical tipping point distinguishing two types of transitions in modular network structures ' , Physical Review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics , vol. 92 , 062805 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.062805en
dc.identifier.issn1539-3755
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 237846296
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: e8aea7ef-9ebc-448c-9515-2b2066b6ef57
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84951869318
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000365872700013
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-9633-2103/work/70234162
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/7894
dc.descriptionS.S. thanks the James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative— Complex Systems Scholar Award (Grant No. 220020315) and the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance for financial support.en
dc.description.abstractModularity is a key organizing principle in real-world large-scale complex networks. The relatively sparse interactions between modules are critical to the functionality of the system and are often the first to fail. We model such failures as site percolation targeting interconnected nodes, those connecting between modules. We find, using percolation theory and simulations, that they lead to a “tipping point” between two distinct regimes. In one regime, removal of interconnected nodes fragments the modules internally and causes the system to collapse. In contrast, in the other regime, while only attacking a small fraction of nodes, the modules remain but become disconnected, breaking the entire system. We show that networks with broader degree distribution might be highly vulnerable to such attacks since only few nodes are needed to interconnect the modules, consequently putting the entire system at high risk. Our model has the potential to shed light on many real-world phenomena, and we briefly consider its implications on recent advances in the understanding of several neurocognitive processes and diseases
dc.format.extent7
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physicsen
dc.rights© 2015, Publisher / the Author(s). This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at journals.aps.org / https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.062805en
dc.subjectRC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatryen
dc.subjectQA75 Electronic computers. Computer scienceen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccRC0321en
dc.subject.lccQA75en
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.titleCritical tipping point distinguishing two types of transitions in modular network structuresen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPublisher PDFen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Computer Scienceen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.062805
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record