Here we uncover the load and vulnerability backbones of the Trans-European gas pipeline network.
Combining topological data with information on inter-country flows, we estimate the global load
of the network and its vulnerability to failures. To do this, we apply two complementary methods
generalized from the betweenness centrality and the maximum flow. We find that the gas pipeline
network has grown to satisfy a dual-purpose: on one hand, the major pipelines are crossed by a
large number of shortest paths thereby increasing the efficiency of the network; on the other hand,
a non-operational pipeline causes only a minimal impact on network capacity, implying that the
network is error-tolerant. These findings suggest that the Trans-European gas pipeline network is
robust, i.e. error-tolerant to failures of high load links.
CARVALHO Rui;
BUZNA Lubos;
BONO Flavio;
GUTIERREZ TENREIRO Eugenio;
JUST Wolfram;
ARROWSMITH David;
2009-09-23
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
JRC50948
1539-3755,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC50948,
10.1103/PhysRevE.80.016106,
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