Fig 1.
The Complex Systems-Causal Network (CS-CN) Method.
Table 1.
Definitions of network properties, their adaptive qualities, and differences between random networks and adaptive networks [15–17].
Fig 2.
In-degree Distribution of the CHIDS Network (logarithmic scale).
Fig 3.
Out-degree Distribution of the CHIDS Network (logarithmic scale).
Table 2.
Properties of the CHIDS Causal Network vs. Random Directed Network.
Fig 4.
Distribution of Shortest Paths in the CHIDS Network and the Random Network.
Fig 5.
The CHIDS Network and its Eight Modules.
The 15 highest ranked nodes based on BC score are indicated by numeric rank order.
Table 3.
Top Fifteen Nodes by BC rank.
Fig 6.
Integrity of CHIDS Causal Network Following Challenge.
The proportion of nodes in the largest network component by sequential removal of 15 nodes at random vs. by BC rank.
Fig 7.
The CHIDS Causal Network After Random Node Removal.
The CHIDS network after the sequential removal of 15 nodes at random.
Fig 8.
The CHIDS Causal Network After Node Removal by BC Rank.
The CHIDS network after the sequential removal of 15 nodes by BC rank.