Download or read book Analysing the Resilience of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems with Network Flow Models written by Nils Goldbeck and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Resilience Of Networked Infrastructure Systems The Analysis And Measurement written by Mayada Omer and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume elaborates on both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of resilience. Reviewing the literature exploring the concept of resilience in engineering, it discusses resilience in terms of the various definitions used, the methodologies proposed to characterize resilience, and the metrics put forward to quantify the resilience of specific service infrastructure systems. The review also identifies the key factors that contribute to organizational resilience.The concept of resilience is compared to other system properties such as reliability, robustness, flexibility and agility, by taking into consideration what systems are prepared against (types of failure), the causes of failure in systems (uncertainty), and how systems react to overcome failure (level of adaptability). A review is also provided of several resilience-enabling schemes, which improve resilience by reducing vulnerability and increasing adaptive capacity. The book puts forward a new framework, the Networked Infrastructure Resilience Assessment (NIRA) framework, through which the resilience of systems can be measured by assessing the impact of disruptions on key performance measures. By applying the framework to various case studies, the book demonstrates the ability of the proposed framework to assess resilience across a wide variety of networked infrastructure systems. The case studies probe the resilience of the following critical infrastructure systems in the face of specific disruptive events: telecommunication, transportation, maritime transportation and organizational networks.This text is intended for all levels of academia — from undergraduate through to research level — as well as professionals and decision-makers involved in the development, analysis and evaluation of infrastructure systems.

Download or read book The Future of National Infrastructure written by Jim W. Hall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out a systematic approach to making long-term choices about national infrastructure systems, for practitioners, policy-makers and academics.

Download or read book Sustainable and Resilient Critical Infrastructure Systems written by Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable and resilient critical infrastructure systems is an emerging paradigm in an evolving era of depleting assets in the midst of natural and man-made threats to provide a sustainable and high quality of life with optimized resources from social, economic, societal and environmental considerations. The increasing complexity and interconnectedness of civil and other interdependent infrastructure systems (electric power, energy, cyber-infrastructures, etc.) require inter- and multidisciplinary expertise required to engineer, monitor, and sustain these distributed large-scale complex adaptive infrastructure systems. This edited book is motivated by recent advances in simulation, modeling, sensing, communications/information, and intelligent and sustainable technologies that have resulted in the development of sophisticated methodologies and instruments to design, characterize, optimize, and evaluate critical infrastructure systems, their resilience, and their condition and the factors that cause their deterioration. Specific topics discussed in this book include, but are not limited to: optimal infrastructure investment allocation for sustainability, framework for manifestation of tacit critical infrastructure knowledge, interdependencies between energy and transportation systems for national long term planning, intelligent transportation infrastructure technologies, emergent research issues in infrastructure interdependence research, framework for assessing the resilience of infrastructure and economic systems, maintenance optimization for heterogeneous infrastructure systems, optimal emergency infrastructure inspection scheduling, and sustainable rehabilitation of deteriorated transportation infrastructure systems.

Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure written by Paolo Gardoni and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To best serve current and future generations, infrastructure needs to be resilient to the changing world while using limited resources in a sustainable manner. Research on and funding towards sustainability and resilience are growing rapidly, and significant research is being carried out at a number of institutions and centers worldwide. This handbook brings together current research on sustainable and resilient infrastructure and, in particular, stresses the fundamental nexus between sustainability and resilience. It aims to coalesce work from a large and diverse group of contributors across a wide range of disciplines including engineering, technology and informatics, urban planning, public policy, economics, and finance. Not only does it present a theoretical formulation of sustainability and resilience but it also demonstrates how these ideals can be realized in practice. This work will provide a reference text to students and scholars of a number of disciplines.

Download or read book Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Systems written by Zhishen Wu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With rapid urbanization in developing countries and the emergence of smart systems and integrated intelligent devices, the new generation of infrastructure will be smarter and more efficient. However, due to natural and anthropomorphic hazards, as well as the adverse impact of climate change, civil infrastructure systems are increasingly vulnerable. Therefore, future-proofing and designing resilience into infrastructure is one of the biggest challenges facing the industry and governments in all developing and industrialized societies. This book provides a comprehensive overview of infrastructure resiliency, new developments in this emerging field and its scopes, including ecology and sustainability, and the challenges involved in building more resilient civil infrastructure systems. Moreover, it introduces a strategic roadmap for effective and efficient methods needed for modeling, designing, and assessing resiliency. Features: Includes contributions from internationally recognized scholars in the emerging field of infrastructure resilience. Covers a broad range of topics in infrastructure resilience such as disaster assessment, civil infrastructure and lifeline systems, natural hazard mitigation, and seismic protection. Includes practical global case studies and leading-edge research from several countries. Presents an interdisciplinary approach in addressing the challenges in the emerging field of infrastructure resilience Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Systems: Emerging Developments and Future Challenges serves as a valuable resource for practicing professionals, researchers, and advanced students seeking practical, forward-looking guidance.

Download or read book Methods for Risk and Resilience Evaluation in Interdependent Infrastructure Networks written by Srijith Balakrishnan and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban infrastructure plays a key role in the structure and dynamics of every city. Besides ensuring the sustainability of communities and businesses, high-quality infrastructure services are crucial for generating jobs and attracting capital investments. Modern infrastructure systems are highly interconnected to enhance efficiency and safety of operations; however, the interconnections increase the risks of cascading failures during extreme events, such as natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and pandemics. Not only are the normal operations interrupted during such events, but prolonged operational disruptions in infrastructure services also have debilitating effects on emergency response and economic recovery in affected regions. With the emergence of new threats and intensifying climate change, the resilience of infrastructure systems has become a necessity rather than a choice for our cities. As with any resource allocation problem, potential resilience investments require identifying priorities and evaluating project alternatives. Appropriate resilience indicators can be used to rank and prioritize infrastructure components and systems as well as to evaluate the efficacy of resilience interventions. The dissertation proposes five indicator-based methodological frameworks to assist decision-makers in analyzing the intrinsic risks and resilience in large-scale interdependent infrastructure networks. For generic interdependent networks, an agent-based simulation approach is adopted. In this approach, the interdependent network is modeled as a weighted bi-directed network where nodes represent infrastructure components and links denote the interconnections. For evaluating the risks of cascading failures and the network's resilience, a hybrid risk measure based on the well-known Inoperability Input-Output Model (IIM) using expert judgments is developed. In the process, to handle the issue of epistemic uncertainty associated with subjective infrastructure dependency data, a method based on possibility theory is also proposed. Later, the hybrid risk measure is extended to develop two resilience indexes for quantifying the criticality and susceptibility of infrastructure components and ranking algorithms are presented. In addition, the hybrid risk measure is combined with socio-economic characteristics obtained from census data to develop a priority index to quantify the risks of cascading failures in various urban communities. With regard to infrastructure-specific networks, the dissertation developed infrastructure ranking and prioritization methods for two distinct transportation systems, specifically road networks, and marine port systems, based on empirical disaster data. For characterizing the resilience of road networks, the dissertation proposed three indicators based on the concepts of resilience triangle and extreme travel time observations. The dissertation combined time series decomposition techniques with anomaly detection algorithms to segregate disaster effects from normal traffic patterns. For characterizing the risks of natural hazards to port systems, the dissertation employed disaster impact data along with international trade data and identified the ports with the highest risks

Download or read book Sustainable Development for the Americas written by E. William Colglazier and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental sustainability efforts require a great deal of engagement and political will, ranging from local communities to state departments. Science diplomats—from experts and scientists to spokespersons and ambassadors—can help facilitate at all levels and yield valued resources from technology sharing, capacity building, and knowledge exchanges. This book explores the importance of sustained international scientific cooperation, building community resilience, and the role of political will in sustainability and diplomacy. It shows how even small diplomatic efforts can influence myriad issues, from overfishing to human rights negotiations to global carbon emission reduction. Features: • Examines various topics such as global climate change, arid environments, water security and governance, trans-boundary conflict and cooperation, urban and rural resilience, and public health. • Presents case studies from various geographic regions through the lens of diplomacy, including the US–Mexico border, the Gulf of California, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and China. • Discusses how building networks of people, organizations, and countries engaged in science diplomacy is crucial for mutual growth and for overcoming conflicting political stances. Sustainable Development for the Americas: Science, Health and Engineering Policy and Diplomacy provides a useful resource for diplomats, policymakers, students, and decision-makers. It provides numerous examples of how using science and technology for policy and diplomacy is essential to finding common ground among nations for a collective global benefit.

Download or read book Machine Learning and Data Mining written by Igor Kononenko and published by Horwood Publishing. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good data mining practice for business intelligence (the art of turning raw software into meaningful information) is demonstrated by the many new techniques and developments in the conversion of fresh scientific discovery into widely accessible software solutions. Written as an introduction to the main issues associated with the basics of machine learning and the algorithms used in data mining, this text is suitable foradvanced undergraduates, postgraduates and tutors in a wide area of computer science and technology, as well as researchers looking to adapt various algorithms for particular data mining tasks. A valuable addition to libraries and bookshelves of the many companies who are using the principles of data mining to effectively deliver solid business and industry solutions.

Download or read book Hydro Environmental Analysis written by James L. Martin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 5742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on fundamental principles, Hydro-Environmental Analysis: Freshwater Environments presents in-depth information about freshwater environments and how they are influenced by regulation. It provides a holistic approach, exploring the factors that impact water quality and quantity, and the regulations, policy and management methods that are necessary to maintain this vital resource. It offers a historical viewpoint as well as an overview and foundation of the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics affecting the management of freshwater environments. The book concentrates on broad and general concepts, providing an interdisciplinary foundation. The author covers the methods of measurement and classification; chemical, physical, and biological characteristics; indicators of ecological health; and management and restoration. He also considers common indicators of environmental health; characteristics and operations of regulatory control structures; applicable laws and regulations; and restoration methods. The text delves into rivers and streams in the first half and lakes and reservoirs in the second half. Each section centers on the characteristics of those systems and methods of classification, and then moves on to discuss the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of each. In the section on lakes and reservoirs, it examines the characteristics and operations of regulatory structures, and presents the methods commonly used to assess the environmental health or integrity of these water bodies. It also introduces considerations for restoration, and presents two unique aquatic environments: wetlands and reservoir tailwaters. Written from an engineering perspective, the book is an ideal introduction to the aquatic and limnological sciences for students of environmental science, as well as students of environmental engineering. It also serves as a reference for engineers and scientists involved in the management, regulation, or restoration of freshwater environments.

Download or read book Assessment of Power System Reliability written by Marko Čepin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-07-29 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of power system reliability is demonstrated when our electricity supply is disrupted, whether it decreases the comfort of our free time at home or causes the shutdown of our companies and results in huge economic deficits. The objective of Assessment of Power System Reliability is to contribute to the improvement of power system reliability. It consists of six parts divided into twenty chapters. The first part introduces the important background issues that affect power system reliability. The second part presents the reliability methods that are used for analyses of technical systems and processes. The third part discusses power flow analysis methods, because the dynamic aspect of a power system is an important part of related reliability assessments. The fourth part explores various aspects of the reliability assessment of power systems and their parts. The fifth part covers optimization methods. The sixth part looks at the application of reliability and optimization methods. Assessment of Power System Reliability has been written in straightforward language that continues into the mathematical representation of the methods. Power engineers and developers will appreciate the emphasis on practical usage, while researchers and advanced students will benefit from the simple examples that can facilitate their understanding of the theory behind power system reliability and that outline the procedure for application of the presented methods.

Download or read book Game Theoretic Risk Analysis of Security Threats written by Vicki M. Bier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-20 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Game Theoretic Risk Analysis of Security Threats introduces reliability and risk analysis in the face of threats by intelligent agents. More specifically, game-theoretic models are developed for identifying optimal and/or equilibrium defense and attack strategies in systems of varying degrees of complexity. The book covers applications to networks, including problems in both telecommunications and transportation. However, the book’s primary focus is to integrate game theory and reliability methodologies into a set of techniques to predict, detect, diminish, and stop intentional attacks at targets that vary in complexity. In this book, Bier and Azaiez highlight work by researchers who combine reliability and risk analysis with game theory methods to create a set of functional tools that can be used to offset intentional, intelligent threats (including threats of terrorism and war). These tools will help to address problems of global security and facilitate more cost-effective defensive investments.

Download or read book Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management Volume 1 written by Jiuping Xu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-13 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers many hot topics, including theoretical and practical research in many areas such as dynamic analysis, machine learning, supply chain management, operations management, environmental management, uncertainty, and health and hygiene. It showcases advanced management concepts and innovative ideas. The 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (2022 ICMSEM) will be held in Ankara, Turkey, during August 3-6, 2022. ICMSEM has always been committed to promoting innovation management science (M-S) and engineering management (EM) academic research and development. The book provides researchers and practitioners in the field of Management Science and Engineering Management (MSEM) with the latest, cutting-edge thinking and research in the field. It will appeal to readers interested in these fields, especially those looking for new ideas and research directions.

Download or read book Issues on Risk Analysis for Critical Infrastructure Protection written by Vittorio Rosato and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical infrastructure provides essential services to citizens. The mutual dependencies of services between systems form a complex “system of systems” with a large perturbation surface, prone to be damaged by natural and anthropic events. Their intrinsic and extrinsic vulnerabilities could be overcome by providing them adaptive properties to allow fast and effective recovery from loss of functionality. Resilience is thus the key issue, and its enhancement, at the systemic level, is a priority goal to be achieved. This volume reviews recent insights into the different domains (resilience-enhancing strategies, impact and threats knowledge, and dependency-related issues) and proposes new strategies for better critical infrastructure protection.

Download or read book Handbook on Resilience of Socio Technical Systems written by Matthias Ruth and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal to improve the resilience of social systems – communities and their economies – is increasingly adopted by decision makers. This unique and comprehensive Handbook focuses on the interdependencies of these social systems and the technologies that support them. Special attention is given to the ways in which resilience is conceptualized by different disciplines, how resilience may be assessed, and how resilience strategies are implemented. Case illustrations are presented throughout to aid understanding.

Download or read book Resilience driven Post disruption Restoration of Interdependent Critical Infrastructure Systems Under Uncertainty written by Basem A. Alkhaleel and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical infrastructure networks (CINs) are the backbone of modern societies, which depend on their continuous and proper functioning. Such infrastructure networks are subjected to different types of inevitable disruptive events which could affect their performance unpredictably and have direct socioeconomic consequences. Therefore, planning for disruptions to CINs has recently shifted from emphasizing pre-disruption phases of prevention and protection to post-disruption studies investigating the ability of critical infrastructures (CIs) to withstand disruptions and recover timely from them. However, post-disruption restoration planning often faces uncertainties associated with the required repair tasks and the accessibility of the underlying transportation network. Such challenges are often overlooked in the CIs resilience literature. Furthermore, CIs are not isolated from each other, but instead, most of them rely on one another for their proper functioning. Hence, the occurrence of a disruption in one CIN could affect other dependent CINs, leading to a more significant adverse impact on communities. Therefore, interdependencies among CINs increase the complexity associated with recovery planning after a disruptive event, making it a more challenging task for decision makers. Recognizing the inevitability of large-scale disruptions to CIs and their impacts on societies, the research objective of this work is to study the recovery of CINs following a disruptive event. Accordingly, the main contributions of the following two research components are to develop: (i) resilience-based post-disruption stochastic restoration optimization models that respect the spatial nature of CIs, (ii) a general framework for scenario-based stochastic models covering scenario generation, selection, and reduction for resilience applications, (iii) stochastic risk-related cost-based restoration modeling approaches to minimize restoration costs of a system of interdependent critical infrastructure networks (ICINs), (iv) flexible restoration strategies of ICINs under uncertainty, and (v) effective solution approaches to the proposed optimization models. The first research component considers developing two-stage risk-related stochastic programming models to schedule repair activities for a disrupted CIN to maximize the system resilience. The stochastic models are developed using a scenario-based optimization technique accounting for the uncertainties of the repair time and travel time spent on the underlying transportation network. To assess the risks associated with post-disruption scheduling plans, a conditional value-at-risk metric is incorporated into the optimization models through the scenario reduction algorithm. The proposed restoration framework is illustrated using the French RTE electric power network. The second research component studies the restoration problem for a system of ICINs following a disruptive event under uncertainty. A two-stage mean-risk stochastic restoration model is proposed to minimize the total cost associated with ICINs unsatisfied demands, repair tasks, and flow. The model assigns and schedules repair tasks to network-specific work crews with consideration of limited time and resources availability. Additionally, the model features flexible restoration strategies including a multicrew assignment for a single component and a multimodal repair setting along with the consideration of full and partial functioning and dependencies between the multi-network components. The proposed model is illustrated using the power and water networks in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, under two hypothetical earthquakes. Finally, some other topics are discussed for possible future work.

Download or read book Reliability and Resilience in the Internet of Things written by Liudong Xing and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2024-04-14 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reliability and Resilience in the Internet of Things explains the latest advances in reliability modelling, analysis, and design techniques for IoT systems. Over the past decade IoT has developed rapidly, and it now spans diverse application domains such as healthcare, home automation, smart manufacture, and smart agriculture. Due to the critical nature of these IoT applications, it is imperative that these systems operate reliably throughout the intended mission time. This timely book provides state-of-the-art coverage on IoT reliability modeling, analysis, and design methods and solutions to help prevent costly malfunctions such as: Failures to capture critical data Network outages Data corruption or loss during transmission or storage From the viewpoint of engineers, researchers, and developers, reliability analysis and design are key to the deployment of IoT systems in critical applications, and this book contains the best advice on the subject available. Addresses several IoT applications with case studies Explores solutions in the contexts of IoT-layered architecture as well as cross-layer interactions and dependencies Explains fundamentals of IoT technology in terms of reliability and resilience