Efficient interruption of infection chains by targeted removal of central holdings in an animal trade network.

Centrality parameters in animal trade networks typically have right-skewed distributions, implying that these networks are highly resistant against the random removal of holdings, but vulnerable to the targeted removal of the most central holdings. In the present study, we analysed the structural ch...

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Main Authors: Kathrin Büttner, Joachim Krieter, Arne Traulsen, Imke Traulsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3771899?pdf=render