Simulation of heterogeneous and interdependent critical infrastructures

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 110-128

  De Porcellinis, S ^a   Setola, R ^a,c,d,e   Panzieri, S ^b   Ulivi, G ^b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c University CAMPUS Bio Medico of Roma ^*

^d Italian Government Working Group on Critical Infrastructure Protection

^e G8 Senior Experts' Group for Critical Information Infrastructure Protection

^f IEEE

^g International Federation of Automatic Control

Author keywords

Complex systems simulation; Heterogeneous systems; Interdependent infrastructures; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

COMPLEX SYSTEMS SIMULATION; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; INTERDEPENDENT INFRASTRUCTURES;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 37849024036     PISSN: 14753219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2008.016095     Document Type: Article

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