The paper is avaibable on the Los Alamos site free of charge: http://xxx.lanl.gov/PS_cache/cond-mat/pdf/0301/0301086.pdf ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> Date: Thursday, February 6, 2003 12:43 pm Subject: Cascading Failures Could Crash the Global Internet
Sigh, there are differences between tightly coupled networks, such as the electric power grid and loosely couple networks like the
But there are also some similarities, such as electric grids use DC interconnections to limit how far AC disturbances propagate; the Internet uses AS interconnections to limit IGP disturbances from propagating.
http://sci.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20686.html
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