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

摘要

A computer system ( 2 ) is provided which is arranged to receive network data ( 1 ) identifying nodes and links between nodes. The computer system ( 2 ) processes the input network data ( 1 ) to utilise the network topology to identify nodes and links having high importance for network integrity. A report ( 4 ) identify the critical components can then be output. Where the network data ( 1 ) is proteome data for an organism, the computer system ( 2 ) will identify critical proteins which may be suitable as targets for drug therapies.