A simple model of global cascades on random networks

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Summary

It is shown that heterogeneity plays an ambiguous role in determining a system's stability: increasingly heterogeneous thresholds make the system more vulnerable to global cascades; but anincreasingly heterogeneous degree distribution makes it less vulnerable.

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2002-04-30
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Cascade, Statistical physics, Preferential attachment, Stability (learning theory), Percolation (cognitive psychology)

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