Analyzing cascading effects within infrastructure sectors for consequence reduction

2009 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 165-170

  Zimmerman, Rae ^a   Restrepo, C E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING SYSTEM; ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; CASCADING EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER OUTAGES; INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURES; INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR; NATURAL HAZARD; TERRORIST ATTACKS;

GAS INDUSTRY; NETWORK SECURITY; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 70449653114     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/THS.2009.5168029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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