Component criticality in failure cascade processes of network systems

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1196-1210

  Zio, Enrico ^a   Sansavini, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cascade failures; Centrality measures; Complex infrastructures vulnerability; Criticality indicators; Network models

Indexed keywords

CASCADE FAILURE; CASCADE PROCESS; CASCADING FAILURES; CENTRALITY MEASURES; COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTURES; COMPONENT CRITICALITY; FAILURE LOAD; NETWORK MODELS; NETWORK SYSTEMS;

CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION);

FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOADING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 80051668113     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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