Summary
International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications
2017
Session Number:B1L-D-1
Session:
Number:B1L-D-1-2
Network Cascades: Unfolding, Modeling, and Control
Adilson Motter,
pp.417-418
Publication Date:2017/12/4
Online ISSN:2188-5079
DOI:10.34385/proc.29.B1L-D-1-2
Summary:
A characteristic property of networks is their ability to propagate influences, such as infectious diseases, behavioral changes, and failures. An especially important class of such contagious dynamics is that of cascading processes. These processes include, for example, cascading failures in infrastructure systems, extinctions cascades in ecological networks, and information cascades in social systems. In this presentation, I will discuss recent progress and challenges associated with the modeling, prediction, detection, and control of cascades in networks. In particular, I will present new mathematical and computational models for cascading blackouts in power-grid networks that are both realistic and amenable to rigorous analysis.