Interdependency-induced risk with applications to healthcare

International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-26

  Katina, Polinpapilinho F ^a   Ariel Pinto, C ^a   Bradley, Joseph M ^a   Hester, Patrick T ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical infrastructures; Geographical healthcare interdependency; Interconnections; Interdependency measure; Risk assessment; Risk formulation; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL HEALTHCARE INTERDEPENDENCY; INFRASTRUCTURE INTERDEPENDENCIES; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; INTERCONNECTIONS; INTERDEPENDENCY MEASURES; INTERDEPENDENT INFRASTRUCTURES; INTERDEPENDENT SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY;

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC WORKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84897602981     PISSN: 18745482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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