Many systems on our planet shift abruptly and irreversibly from the desired state to an
undesired state when forced across a “tip** point”. Some examples are mass extinctions …

Abstract Information cascades are important dynamical processes in complex networks. An
information cascade can describe the spreading dynamics of rumour, disease, memes, or …

The analysis of blackouts, which can inevitably lead to catastrophic damage to power grids,
helps to explore the nature of complex power grids but becomes difficult using conventional …

Many technological networks can experience random and/or systematic failures in their
components. More destructive situations can happen if the components have limited …

With the rapid development of global trade, the member enterprises in the automotive
manufacturing supply chain are widely spread around the world. As a result, the scale of the …

As socioeconomic systems continue to develop, their critical infrastructure systems become
more intricate and the interdependencies among systems more intensive. This cascading …

A complex network is a model representation of interactions within technological, social,
information, and biological networks. Oftentimes, we are interested in identifying the …

Coupled networks are extremely fragile because a node failure of a network would trigger a
cascade of failures on the entire system. Existing studies mainly focused on the cascading …

In recent years, the frequent occurrence of rainstorms has seriously affected urban–public
transport systems. In this study, we examined the impact of rainstorms on the vulnerability of …

Past 20 years has witnessed some exorbitant fallout and large-scale blackouts in power
system, particularly due to cascading failures and their propagation in the crucial yet …