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New Betweenness Centrality Node Attack Strategies for Real-World Complex Weighted Networks

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  • Quang Nguyen
  • Ngoc-Kim-Khanh Nguyen
  • Davide Cassi
  • Michele Bellingeri
  • Giacomo Fiumara

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In this work, we introduce a new node attack strategy removing nodes with the highest conditional weighted betweenness centrality (CondWBet), which combines the weighted structure of the network and the node’s conditional betweenness. We compare its efficacy with well-known attack strategies from literature over five real-world complex weighted networks. We use the network weighted efficiency (WEFF) like a measure encompassing the weighted structure of the network, in addition to the commonly used binary-topological measure, i.e., the largest connected cluster (LCC). We find that if the measure is WEFF, the CondWBet strategy is the best to decrease WEFF in 3 out of 5 cases. Further, CondWBet is the most effective strategy to reduce WEFF at the beginning of the removal process, whereas the Strength that removes nodes with the highest sum of the link weights first shows the highest efficacy in the final phase of the removal process when the network is broken into many small clusters. These last outcomes would suggest that a better attacking in weighted networks strategy could be a combination of the CondWBet and Strength strategies.

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  • Quang Nguyen & Ngoc-Kim-Khanh Nguyen & Davide Cassi & Michele Bellingeri & Giacomo Fiumara, 2021. "New Betweenness Centrality Node Attack Strategies for Real-World Complex Weighted Networks," Complexity, Hindawi, vol. 2021, pages 1-17, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:hin:complx:1677445
    DOI: 10.1155/2021/1677445
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    1. Jisha Mariyam John & Michele Bellingeri & Divya Sindhu Lekha & Davide Cassi & Roberto Alfieri, 2023. "Effect of Weight Thresholding on the Robustness of Real-World Complex Networks to Central Node Attacks," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-12, August.
    2. Jisha Mariyam John & Michele Bellingeri & Divya Sindhu Lekha & Davide Cassi & Roberto Alfieri, 2024. "Robustness of Real-World Networks after Weight Thresholding with Strong Link Removal," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-16, May.

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