Cascading failures in airport networks

Abstract Cascading failure phenomena can appear in complex networks that distribute flows of information, people or goods, when flow going through nodes edges exceeds the capacity network edges. models from previous research are not adequate for airport networks, as is continuous, and load has to be redistributed among close airports, rather than previously existing connections. With these constraints mind, we have defined an algorithm simulate management cascading failures networks. We use evaluate effectiveness several selection rules alternative departure arrival airports affected flights reduce impact failure. applied Oceanic Airport Network assess incidents. Results show arriving significant reducing effect incidents affecting central airports.