Simulating critical infrastructure cascading failure

Áine MacDermott, William Hurst, Qi Shi, Madjid Merabti

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Abstract

The reliance on critical infrastructures, which are heavily interconnected, is one of society's greatest weaknesses. An individual failure has the potential to have a huge impact on society and affect other infrastructures. Predicting the effects of a cascading failure is a challenge. In this paper, a simulation of a virtual city is presented in order to visualise the effects of a cascading failure. The simulation is used to assess the resulting effect of a telecommunications failure. Data extracted from the simulation is used to evaluate the impact of the failure on the emergency services provision. Behaviour analysis techniques are used to demonstrate how a failure in one infrastructure can impact another and present a way for organisations to plan for its effects.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - UKSim-AMSS 16th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, UKSim 2014
EditorsJasmy Yunus, Richard Cant, Ismail Saad, David Al-Dabass, Zuwairie Ibrahim, Alessandra Orsoni
PublisherIEEE
Pages324-329
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479949236
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event16th UKSim-AMSS International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, UKSim 2014 - Cambridge, United Kingdom
Duration: 26 Mar 201428 Mar 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings - UKSim-AMSS 16th International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, UKSim 2014

Conference/symposium

Conference/symposium16th UKSim-AMSS International Conference on Computer Modelling and Simulation, UKSim 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityCambridge
Period26/03/1428/03/14

Keywords

  • Behaviour analysis
  • Cascading failure
  • Critical infrastructure
  • Simulation

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