The impact of a network split on cascading failure processes
Abstract
Cascading failure models are typically used to capture the phenomenon where failures possibly trigger further failures in succession, causing knock-on effects. In many networks this ultimately leads to a disintegrated network where the failure propagation continues independently across the various components. In order to gain insight in the impact of network splitting on cascading failure processes, we extend a well-established cascading failure model for which the number of failures obeys a power-law distribution. We assume that a single line failure immediately splits the network in two components, and examine its effect on the power-law exponent. The results provide valuable qualitative insights that are crucial first steps towards understanding more complex network splitting scenarios.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1711.04491,
title = {The impact of a network split on cascading failure processes},
author = {Fiona Sloothaak and Sem C. Borst and Bert Zwart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.04491},
year = {2017}
}