In this paper, we study the cascading failure in Watts–Strogatz small-world networks. We find that this network model has a heterogeneous betweenness distribution, although its degree distribution is homogeneous. Further study shows that this small-world network is robust to random attack but...

Our modern society has come to depend on large-scale infrastructure networks to deliver resources to our homes and businesses in an efficient manner. Over the past 10years there have been numerous examples where a local disturbance has lead to the global failure of systems. In this paper, we use...

In many cases, redundant systems are beset by both independent and dependent failures. Ignoring dependent variables in MTBF evaluation of redundant systems hastens the occurrence of failure, causing it to take place before the expected time, hence decreasing safety and creating irreversible...