A unified network performance measure with importance identification and the ranking of network components

Optimization Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-142

  Qiang, Qiang ^a   Nagurney, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Network component importance ranking; Network efficiency measure; Network equilibrium problems; Network performance; Network vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FINANCE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

NETWORK COMPONENT IMPORTANCE RANKING; NETWORK EFFICIENCY MEASURE; NETWORK EQUILIBRIUM PROBLEMS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; NETWORK VULNERABILITY;

NETWORK COMPONENTS;

EID: 35448942760     PISSN: 18624472     EISSN: 18624480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11590-007-0049-2     Document Type: Article

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