Title
Network Structural Vulnerability: A Multiobjective Attacker Perspective
Abstract
In this paper, we provide a novel framework to assess the vulnerability/robustness of a network with respect to pair-wise nodes’ connectivity. In particular, we consider attackers that aim, at the same time, at dealing the maximum possible damage to the network in terms of the residual connectivity after the attack and at keeping the cost of the attack (e.g., the number of attacked nodes) at a minimum. Differently from the previous literature, we consider the attacker perspective using a multiobjective formulation and, rather than making hypotheses on the mindset of the attacker in terms of a particular tradeoff between the objectives, we consider the entire Pareto front of nondominated solutions. Based on that, we define novel global and local robustness/vulnerability indicators and we show that such indices can be the base for the implementation of effective protection strategies. Specifically, we propose two different problem formulations and we assess their performances. We conclude this paper by analyzing, as case studies, the IEEE118 power network and the U.S. Airline Network as it was in 1997, comparing the proposed approach against centrality measures.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/TSMC.2018.2790438
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Robustness,Indexes,Optimization,Area measurement,Frequency measurement,Cybernetics
Residual,Mathematical optimization,Mindset,Computer science,Centrality,Multi-objective optimization,Robustness (computer science),Software,Cybernetics,Vulnerability
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
49
10
2168-2216
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.41
15
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
gabriele oliva112021.23
S. Panzieri211013.09
Federica Pascucci310615.62
Martin Schlueter482.26
Masaharu Munetomo525335.01
Roberto Setola645462.69