Disruptions in Independent Infrastructures

独立基础设施的中断

• 批准号: 0228402
• 负责人: William Wallace
• 金额: $ 9.33万
• 依托单位: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-11-15 至 2005-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0228402&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Disruptions; Independent; Infrastructures

The objective of the research is to help ensure an efficient, effective and equitable distribution of resources in responding to events that cause disruption in infrastructure systems and to aid in designing infrastructure systems that are robust under disruptions, due to natural, human-caused or willful acts. The approach is to develop a clear and unambiguous set of definitions of critical infrastructure interdependencies; a mathematical representation of infrastructure systems that incorporates interdependencies among and between systems; algorithms that can be used to run the model(s) for vulnerability assessment and emergency response; and a human-computer interface for user interaction with the model.If successful, the benefits will be an improved ability to both mitigate the impact of and respond to events that have the capability to cause large-scale, potentially catastrophic damage to critical infrastructure systems. Critical infrastructure systems provide services that are essential to both the economy and well-being of nations and their citizens. As documented in a recent report to the U.S. Congress, it is of vital importance that these services not be degraded, whether by willful acts such as terrorism or by natural or random events such as earthquakes. The research will permit different act and event scenarios to be modeled, and their impact on the service provided by an infrastructure system assessed. The result would be infrastructure systems that are designed to be more resilient to disruptions, with the expected loss of service reduced and the required level of service restored more quickly.

该研究的目的是帮助确保在应对导致基础设施系统中断的事件时有效、有效和公平地分配资源，并帮助设计在自然、人为或故意行为造成中断的情况下仍然强大的基础设施系统。方法是制定一套明确无误的关键基础设施相互依存关系定义;基础设施系统的数学表示，其中包括系统之间的相互依存关系;可用于运行脆弱性评估和应急模型的算法;以及用于用户与模型交互的人机界面。如果成功，其好处将是提高能力，以减轻可能对关键基础设施系统造成大规模、潜在灾难性破坏的事件的影响，并对这些事件作出反应。关键基础设施系统提供的服务对国家及其公民的经济和福祉至关重要。正如最近提交给美国国会的一份报告所述，至关重要的是，这些服务不应受到诸如恐怖主义等故意行为或诸如地震等自然或随机事件的影响。该研究将允许不同的行为和事件场景进行建模，并评估其对基础设施系统提供的服务的影响。其结果将是基础设施系统的设计更能适应中断，减少预期的服务损失，更快地恢复所需的服务水平。