Impact of core-periphery structure on cascading failures in interdependent scale-free networks |
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Authors: | Zhengcheng Dong Meng Tian Yuxin Lu Jingang Lai Ruoli Tang Xin Li |
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Institution: | 1. School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Wuhan University, China;2. Electronic Information School, Wuhan University, China;3. School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia;4. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China |
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Abstract: | Core-periphery structure is a typical meso-scale structure in networks. Previous studies on core-periphery structure mainly focus on the improvement of detection methods, while the research on the impact of core-periphery structure on cascading failures in interdependent networks is still missing. Therefore, we investigate the cascading failures of interdependent scale-free networks with different core-periphery structures and coupling preferences in the paper. First, we introduce an evaluation index to calculate the goodness of core-periphery structure. Second, we propose a new scale-free network evolution model, which can generate tunable core-periphery structures, and its degree distribution is analyzed mathematically. Finally, based on a degree-load-based cascading failure model, we mainly investigate the impact of goodness of core-periphery structure on cascading failures in both symmetrical and asymmetrical interdependent networks. Through numerical simulations, we find that with the same average degree, the networks with weak core-periphery structure will be more robust, while the initial load on node will influence the improvement of robustness. In addition, we also find that the inter-similarity coupling performs better than random coupling. These findings may be helpful for building resilient interdependent networks. |
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Keywords: | Core-periphery structure Interdependent scale-free networks Evolution model Coupling preference |
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