A critical phenomenon in a self-repair network by mutual copying

Abstract

This paper reports a critical phenomenon in a self-repair network by mutual copying. Extensive studies have been done on critical phenomena in many fields such as in epidemic theory and in percolation theory with an effort of identification of critical points. However, from the viewpoints of cleaning up a network by mutual copying, critical phenomena have not much studied. A critical phenomenon has been observed in a self-repair network. Self-repairing by mutual copying is "the double-edged sword" that could cause outbreaks with inappropriate parameters, and careful investigations are needed. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.