Critical agents in networks

Mathematical social sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 302-310

  Gilles, Robert P ^a   Chakrabarti, Subhadip ^b   Sarangi, Sudipta ^c   Badasyan, Narine ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical link; Critical position; Pairwise stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750498486     PISSN: 01654896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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