Reliability of Critical Infrastructure Networks

Challenges

authored by

Konstantin M. Zuev, Michael Beer

Abstract

Critical infrastructures form a technological skeleton of our world by providing us with water, food, electricity, gas, transportation, communication, banking, and finance. Moreover, as urban population increases, the role of infrastructures become more vital. In this paper, we adopt a network perspective and discuss the ever-growing need for fundamental interdisciplinary study of critical infrastructure networks, efficient methods for estimating their reliability and costeffective strategies for enhancing their resiliency. We also highlight some of the main challenges arising on this way, including cascading failures, feedback loops, and cross-sector interdependencies.

Organisation(s)

Institute for Risk and Reliability

External Organisation(s)

University of Liverpool
Tongji University
California Institute of Caltech (Caltech)

Type

Conference contribution

Pages

71-82

No. of pages

12

Publication date

2018

Publication status

Published

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Electronic version(s)

https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170327-105821390 (Access: Open)
https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.00594 (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784415139.ch06 (Access: Closed)