A Maximal Independent Set Heuristic for the Stochastic Critical Node Detection Problem
摘要
Critical node detection involves identifying key nodes whose removal significantly disrupts network connectivity or performance. The evaluation of vulnerability in networks is crucial because many real-world problems are represented as graphs with uncertainty, including social networks, communication infrastructures, epidemiological models, and transportation systems. In this paper, we consider a stochastic Critical Node Detection Problem (SCNDP) with edge uncertainty, aiming to minimize the expected pairwise connectivity (EPC) in the resulting residual network. We propose a heuristic method for the SCNDP and compare it with the existing algorithm. Experimental results performed on random graphs with different edge-probability configurations demonstrate the effectiveness of the heuristics.