the survivability characteristics of the modified network has deteriorated in comparison to {HEAD ~ the survivability characteristics} of {TAIL ~ the current network topology}; and 
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the survivability characteristics of the modified network has deteriorated in comparison to { HEAD ~ the survivability characteristics } of { TAIL ~ the current network topology } ; and
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