TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Extreme events on complex networks
JO  - Physical review letters
A1  - Kishore, Vimal
A1  - Santhanam, M. S.
A1  - Amritkar, R. E.
SP  - 188701
EP  - 188701
VL  - 106
IS  - 18
N2  - A wide spectrum of extreme events ranging from traffic jams to floods take place on networks. Motivated by these, we employ a random walk model for transport and obtain analytical and numerical results for the extreme events on networks. They reveal an unforeseen, and yet a robust, feature: small degree nodes of a network are more likely to encounter extreme events than the hubs. Further, we also study the recurrence time distribution and scaling of the probabilities for extreme events. These results suggest a revision of design principles and can be used as an input for designing the nodes of a network so as to smoothly handle extreme events.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-9007
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -