Terrorism scenario identification by superposition of infrastructure networks

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 211-220

  Lambert, James H ^a   Sarda, Priya ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Information management; Infrastructure; Network analysis; Risk analysis; Risk management; Safety; System reliability; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS; RISK ANALYSIS; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TERRORISM;

CIVIL DEFENSE;

INFRASTRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

EID: 27644523281     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2005)11:4(211)     Document Type: Article

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