🕸️ Network Resilience
Scale-Free Networks · Targeted Hub Attack · Random Node Failure · Giant Component · Percolation
Network Setup
Scale-Free
Erdős–Rényi
Targeted
Random
Network Stats
Total nodes–
Removed nodes0
Giant component–
GC fraction–
Components–
Max degree (hub)–
Scale-free networks (Barabási–Albert) have a few high-degree hubs.
Targeted attacks on hubs rapidly fragment the network; random
failures rarely hit critical hubs, so the giant component
survives. This asymmetry explains internet and biological network
robustness.