Robustness Analysis of the Regional and Interregional Components of the Weighted World Air Transportation Network

Figure 10

LCC of the Africa-Middle East-Southern Asia component after isolation from the network. The green dots are the remaining airports after attacks on the world air transportation network (a) strength attack, (b) weighted betweenness attack, and (c) weighted PageRank attack. The LCC isolated by the strength attack covers five countries (Nepal, Bhutan, the United Arab Emirates, India, and Bangladesh). The LCC isolated by the weighted PageRank attack covers East Africa and Madagascar countries. The LCC separated by the weighted betweenness attack covers mainly the Middle East and Southern Asia countries.

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