Table 1.

Acronyms used in this paper

Acronym	Expansion
BCH	Betweenness centrality critical node heuristic
CBH	Covering based heuristic
ECH	Eigenvalue centrality critical node heuristic
ED	Exponential decay
ER	Erdős–Renyi
HCH	High degree critical node heuristic
HITS	Hyperlink-induced topic search
MSC	Minimum set cover
MVC	Minimum vertex cover
PBH	Potential based heuristic
RCH	Random critical node heuristic
SCS-MNA	Smallest critical set to minimize the number of new affected nodes
SCS-MUN	Smallest critical set to maximize the number of unaffected nodes
SCS-SASN	Smallest critical set to save all salvageable nodes
SF	Scale free
SMC	Set multicover
SyDS	Synchronous dynamical system