scholarly journals Resilience assessment framework for critical infrastructure in a multi-hazard environment: Case study on transport assets

2020 ◽  
Vol 714 ◽  
pp. 136854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sotirios A. Argyroudis ◽  
Stergios A. Mitoulis ◽  
Lorenzo Hofer ◽  
Mariano Angelo Zanini ◽  
Enrico Tubaldi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Resilience Assessment

scholarly journals Quantitative method for resilience assessment framework of airport network during COVID-19

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0260940
Author(s):  
Jiuxia Guo ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Zongxin Yang ◽  
Xinping Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Complex Network ◽  
Small World ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Small World Networks ◽  
Scale Free ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Network Metrics ◽  
Resilience Assessment

The resilience and vulnerability of airport networks are significant challenges during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Previous studies considered node failure of networks under natural disasters and extreme weather. Herein, we propose a complex network methodology combined with data-driven to assess the resilience of airport networks toward global-scale disturbance using the Chinese airport network (CAN) and the European airport network (EAN) as a case study. The assessment framework includes vulnerability and resilience analyses from the network- and node-level perspectives. Subsequently, we apply the framework to analyze the airport networks in China and Europe. Specifically, real air traffic data for 232 airports in China and 82 airports in Europe are selected to form the CAN and EAN, respectively. The complex network analysis reveals that the CAN and the EAN are scale-free small-world networks, that are resilient to random attacks. However, the connectivity and vulnerability of the CAN are inferior to those of the EAN. In addition, we select the passenger throughput from the top-50 airports in China and Europe to perform a comparative analysis. By comparing the resilience evaluation of individual airports, we discovered that the factors of resilience assessment of an airport network for global disturbance considers the network metrics and the effect of government policy in actual operations. Additionally, this study also proves that a country’s emergency response-ability towards the COVID-19 has a significantly affectes the recovery of its airport network.

scholarly journals Assessment of Static Resilience of Objects in the Rail Transport

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. F96-F108
Author(s):  
Zdeněk Dvořák ◽  
Nikola Chovančíková ◽  
Katarína Hoterová ◽  
Michal Szatmári
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Rail Transport ◽  
Internal Environment ◽  
Specific Object ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
Resilience Assessment

Resilience is the ability of an object to retain its basic functions in the case of adverse events from an external or internal environment. Adverse events can jeopardize the operation of an object or cause it to become completely inoperable. The assessment of static resilience should be dealt with mainly by objects that are included in local, regional, national, and international critical infrastructure. ritical infrastructure is the basis of today's modern functioning society. The paper is focused on design of the static resilience evaluation of objects in the rail transport. The proposed method of static resilience assessment is based on safety pillars and is applied in a case study to a specific object of the rail transport. This approach is original in the conditions of the Slovak Republic.

scholarly journals A resilience assessment framework for critical infrastructure networks' interdependencies

2019 ◽  
Vol 81 (7) ◽  
pp. 1420-1431
Author(s):  
Maryam Imani ◽  
Donya Hajializadeh
Keyword(s):  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Infrastructure Networks ◽  
Essential Services ◽  
Service Restoration ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Resilience Assessment

Abstract Critical infrastructures (CIs) provide essential services to the society. As infrastructures are becoming more interdependent, there is an increasing need for better management of their interactions and interdependencies. Interdependencies among CI can cause cascading failures and, hence, amplify negative consequences due to these failures. This can also affect CIs' service restoration rate and consequently reduce their resilience in coping with these hazardous events. The common challenge currently faced by CI asset owners is the lack of robust resilience-informed business planning and management strategies in response to interdependent assets' failures due to low-probability/high-impact hazards. This is of particular importance as CI owners and managers are investing more on improving the resilience of their assets in response to extreme environmental hazards. This study has approached CI nexus from the interdependency management point of view. It has developed an integrated resilience assessment framework to identify and map interdependency-induced vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure networks. This framework can potentially support effective management of the interdependencies in CI networks. The findings have been reflected in mapping the connection between the changes in resilience due to interdependency-induced failures and the cost of intervention scenarios, providing means of exploring shared intervention strategies.

A readiness assessment framework for Blockchain adoption: A healthcare case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 120536
Author(s):  
Sreejith Balasubramanian ◽  
Vinaya Shukla ◽  
Jaspreet Singh Sethi ◽  
Nazrul Islam ◽  
Roy Saloum
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Readiness Assessment

Assessing Industry 4.0 readiness in manufacturing: a self-diagnostic framework and an illustrative case study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnamurthy Ramanathan ◽  
Premaratne Samaranayake
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Tool ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Content Type

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present an Industry 4.0 Readiness Assessment Framework (I4.0RAF) and demonstrate its applicability and practical relevance through a case study of a large manufacturing firm in an emerging economy.Design/methodology/approachThe research firstly involved a synthesis of recent literature for the identification of important determinants, and their constituent criteria, for assessing the readiness of a manufacturing firm to transition to an Industry 4.0 setting and structuring them into a readiness assessment framework that can be used as a self-diagnostic tool. The framework was illustrated through a case study. The empirical findings of readiness assessment are validated using semi-structured interviews of senior management of the organization.FindingsThe proposed I4.0RAF was found to be a practically applicable self-diagnostic tool that can be used to assess a firm's readiness to transition to an Industry 4.0 setting with respect to eight important determinants. Cross-functional participation in the assessment helped the organization to determine priorities and interdependencies among the determinants.Research limitations/implicationsThe determinants and their constituent criteria can be further streamlined using inputs from practitioners, consultants and academics.Practical implicationsThe findings demonstrate the interdependencies between the determinants, help to delineate interventions that can lead to synergistic outcomes and enabls planning to achieve higher levels of Industry 4.0 maturity.Originality/valueA self-diagnostic tool as a basis for an informed discussion on transitioning to an Industry 4.0 setting is presented and illustrated through a case study in an emerging economy.

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