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ArticleNature communications2024

DomiRank Centrality reveals structural fragility of complex networks via node dominance.

Marcus Engsig, Alejandro Tejedor, Yamir Moreno, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Chaouki Kasmi

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Marcus EngsigDirected Energy Research Centre, Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. marcus.w.engsig@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-0662
Alejandro TejedorInstitute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. alej.tejedor@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-5304
Yamir MorenoInstitute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0895-1893
Efi Foufoula-GeorgiouDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1078-231X
Chaouki KasmiDirected Energy Research Centre, Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Abstract

Determining the key elements of interconnected infrastructure and complex systems is paramount to ensure system functionality and integrity. This work quantifies the dominance of the networks' nodes in their respective neighborhoods, introducing a centrality metric, DomiRank, that integrates local and global topological information via a tunable parameter. We present an analytical formula and an efficient parallelizable algorithm for DomiRank centrality, making it applicable to massive networks. From the networks' structure and function perspective, nodes with high values of DomiRank highlight fragile neighborhoods whose integrity and functionality are highly dependent on those dominant nodes. Underscoring this relation between dominance and fragility, we show that DomiRank systematically outperforms other centrality metrics in generating targeted attacks that effectively compromise network structure and disrupt its functionality for synthetic and real-world topologies. Moreover, we show that DomiRank-based attacks inflict more enduring damage in the network, hindering its ability to rebound and, thus, impairing system resilience. DomiRank centrality capitalizes on the competition mechanism embedded in its definition to expose the fragility of networks, paving the way to design strategies to mitigate vulnerability and enhance the resilience of critical infrastructures.

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