Research Article

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

Table 6

Basic topological properties of the local components isolated by the weighted PageRank attack. λ is the largest connected component size. ρ is the fraction of top strength nodes removed from the world air transportation network to isolate the component. δ is the diameter. l is the average shortest path length. μ is the density.

Componentsρ (%)λ (%)δlμ

North America-Caribbean8.120.4176.110.021
Europe-Russia13.216.7136.100.022
East and Southeast Asia-Oceania1210.4783.820.045
Africa-Middle East-Southern Asia13.26840.13
South America9.714.9630.09