Quantitative evaluation of the synergistic effects of failures in a critical infrastructure system

David Rehak, Jiri Markuci, Martin Hromada and Karla Barcova

International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 2016, vol. 14, issue C, 3-17

Abstract: A critical infrastructure is a complicated system whose failure (in whole or in part) has a significant impact on national interests, including security, the economy and basic human needs. The system consists of relevant sectors, elements and their mutual linkages. In order to study critical infrastructures, it is necessary to apply a systems approach based on cross-sectoral evaluation and research into the linkages between the individual critical infrastructure sectors. Specifically, it is necessary to describe the individual vertical and horizontal levels of each critical infrastructure and the associated linkages. From this point-of-view, a critical infrastructure is embedded within the broader context of emergencies and enterprises, representing a compact and mutually-interconnected system.

Keywords: Critical infrastructure; Czech Republic; Linkages; Dependencies; Impacts; Synergistic effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2016.06.002

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