In modeling communication networks for simulation of survivability schemes, one goal is often to implement these schemes across\nvarying degrees of nodal connectivity to get unbiased performance results. Abstractions of real networks, simple randomnetworks,\nand families of networks are the most common categories of these sample networks. This paper looks at how using the network\nfamily concept provides a solid unbiased foundation to compare different network protectionmodels. The network family provides\nan advantage over randomnetworks by requiring one solution per average nodal degree, as opposed to having to solvemany, which\ncould take a significant amount of time. Also, because the network family looks at a protection scheme across a variety of average\nnodal connectivities, a clearer picture of the scheme�s performance is gained compared to just running the simulation on a single\nnetwork or select few networks.
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