| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 82 - Number 17 |
| Year of Publication: 2013 |
| Authors: Majid Ahmad, Durgesh Kumar Mishra |
10.5120/14257-2474
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Majid Ahmad, Durgesh Kumar Mishra . Critical Node Detection in Large Scale Mobile Ad hoc Networks. International Journal of Computer Applications. 82, 17 ( November 2013), 34-38. DOI=10.5120/14257-2474
Reliability calculation of large scale MANETs is an NP computational problem, and this complexity can be reduced by identifying critical nodes in a network. The identification of critical nodes itself is a computationally hard problem. The present work provides an empirical Algorithm for detecting critical nodes in a MANET which is computationally efficient than the already existing detection methods. The algorithm proposed for critical node detection is based on the pattern a critical node may exhibit uniquely in a connection matrix.