Today I read a paper titled “Extreme events on complex networks”
The abstract is:
We study the extreme events taking place on complex networks
The transport on networks is modelled using random walks and we compute the probability for the occurance and recurrence of extreme events on the network
We show that the nodes with smaller number of links are more prone to extreme events than the ones with larger number of links
We obtain analytical estimates and verify them with numerical simulations
They are shown to be robust even when random walkers follow shortest path on the network
The results suggest a revision of design principles and can be used as an input for designing the nodes of a network so as to smoothly handle an extreme event