✦ LIBER ✦
How the science of complex networks can help developing strategies against terrorism
✍ Scribed by Vito Latora; Massimo Marchiori
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 317 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0960-0779
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✦ Synopsis
A new method, based on a recently defined centrality measure, allows to spot the critical components of a generic complex network. The identification and protection of the critical components of a given communication-transportation network should be the first concern in order to reduce the consequences of terrorist attacks. On the other hand, the critical components of a terrorist organization are the terrorists to target to disrupt the organization and reduce the possibility of terroristic attacks.