Method and apparatus for identifying components of a network having high importance for network integrity

摘要

A method of network analysis, which includes storing network data defining a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links between said nodes, processing said stored network data to divide said nodes into a number of sets of nodes, each of said sets of nodes comprising nodes having more similar patterns of connections with other nodes in the same set of nodes than nodes in other sets, identifying nodes connected by links wherein said nodes are in different sets, and outputting data identifying said nodes connected by a link to a node in different sets of nodes.