Identifying vulnerabilities in critical infrastructures by network analysis

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-210

  Lam, Chi Yung ^a   Lin, Jiaying ^a   Sim, Mong Soon ^b   Tai, Kang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b DSO NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Critical infrastructure interdependencies; Giant component; NetLogo; Network analysis; Protection; Vulnerabilities

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PUBLIC WORKS;

GIANT COMPONENTS; INFRASTRUCTURE INTERDEPENDENCIES; NETLOGO; PROTECTION; VULNERABILITIES;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES;

EID: 84879972864     PISSN: 14753219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCIS.2013.054978     Document Type: Article

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