Universal vulnerability in strong modular networks with various degree distributions from inequality to equality

Yukio Hayashi1, Taishi Ogawa2

  • 1Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan. yhayashi@jaist.ac.jp.

Scientific Reports
|September 26, 2025
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