Title :
System Vulnerability of Urban Lifeline in Emergency Response
Author :
Qian Gangyi ; She Lian ; Wu Goubin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Public Adm., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
This study presents the concept of urban lifeline to bring a systematical view on major urban utilities and critical infrastructures. System vulnerability caused by the interrelationship among sub-systems is discussed in consideration of the context of emergency response. A modeling and simulation approach to analyze interdependencies is developed.
Keywords :
digital simulation; emergency services; interactive systems; public administration; DIS framework; HLA; critical infrastructure; cross-sector model; distributed interactive simulation framework; emergency response; high level architecture; system vulnerability; urban lifeline interdependency modeling; urban utility; Analytical models; Chemical industry; Fuel economy; Hazards; Humans; Information security; National security; Power generation economics; Public healthcare; Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science, 2009. MASS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4638-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4639-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5304024
