Interdependency and Vulnerability of Multipartite Networks under Target Node Attacks

Figure 6

Proposed model M2 for depicting the cascading failures of a multipartite network subject to node attacks. (a) Initially, node 2 of partite set is attacked. (b) The removal of node 2 fragments the bipartite network containing partite sets and and nodes outside the LCC will be removed. (c) The removal of nodes 7 and 8 fragments the bipartite network containing partite sets and and nodes outside the LCC will be removed. (d) Eventually, only nodes 1, 6, and 10 (or 1, 5, and 9) survive the attack of node 2.