Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2026, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (1): 257-264.doi: 10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2026.01.23

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Important nodes recognition in the network of air combat system-of-system based on kill chain

Jintao YU1,*(), Qiaolin HU1, Bing XIAO2, Po GAO1, Yanting TAO3   

  1. 1. Department of Information Countermeasures,Air Force Early Warning Academy,Wuhan 430019,China
    2. Department of Information Intelligence,Air Force Early Warning Academy,Wuhan 430019,China
    3. Unit 94782 of the PLA,Hangzhou 311000,China
  • Received:2024-10-11 Online:2026-01-25 Published:2026-02-11
  • Contact: Jintao YU E-mail:haleine@ustc.edu

Abstract:

The air combat system-of-system(ACSOS) has great advantages due to its agile characteristics, so protecting or destroying its important nodes is of great significance for both sides. To address the problems that diverse node functions, complex structures, and difficulty in identifying important nodes in the ACSOS network, an ACSOS network structure model is constructed based on the complex network theory. Firstly, the basic style and meaning of kill chains are given based on the node function and the observation-orientation-decision-action loop theory. Secondly, referencing the subgraph isomorphism theory, an improved algorithm is utilized to search and match the kill chain. Integrating node capabilities into the combat capability of the kill chain weighted integrated system. Finally, evaluate the importance of nodes in assessing the combat capability of the system through node failure. The simulation experiment results show that the proposed method can accurately recognize important nodes and possesses effectiveness and feasiblility.

Key words: combat system-of-systems, complex network, important node, sub-graph matching, kill chain

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