Resilience in Complex Systems: An Agent-Based Approach

Systems Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 158-172

  Pumpuni Lenss, Gloria ^a   Blackburn, Timothy ^a   Garstenauer, Andreas ^a  

^a The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

agent based model; capacitated networks; complex adaptive systems; critical infrastructure system; resilience measures

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; PUBLIC WORKS; RESTORATION; SOFTWARE AGENTS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED APPROACH; AGENT-BASED MODEL; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPLEX NETWORK SYSTEMS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; RESILIENCE MEASURES; SERVICE INTERRUPTION;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 85019731085     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.21387     Document Type: Article

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