Identifying critical components in technical infrastructure networks

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-243

  Jonsson H ^a   Johansson, H ^a   Johansson, J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

critical components; electric power systems; infrastructure networks; network analysis; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993783308     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR138     Document Type: Article

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