Critical Infrastructures State of the Art in Research and Application
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by W.A.H. Thissen, P.M. Herder.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston, MA
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer US
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(ix, 305 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
International series in operations research & management science, 65.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Critical Infrastructures: A New and Challenging Research Field --;I: Vulnerability and Risk --;The Vulnerable Internet --;System Implications of Distributed Generation --;The Wireless Revolution --;Regulatory Design for Disaster Preparedness and Recovery by Infrastructure Providers --;II: System Development and Adaptation --;Policy Enablers for the Development of a Space-Based Infrastructure --;A Framework for Modeling the Control and Management of Infrastructure through the Use of Critical Information Flows --;III: Institutional Change --;Infrastructure Investment after Liberalization --;Infrastructure Regulation Difficulties --;Delineating the Scope of Convergence in Infrastructures --;IV: Capacity Management --;Interruptible Physical Transmission Contract for the Deregulated Electric Power Industry --;Capacity Management in Infrastructure Sectors --;Synthesis --;Synthesis of Approaches and Insights.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Critical Infrastructures: State of the Art in Research and Application, comprising a selection of reviewed and edited contributions from all over the world, aims to shed light on the various aspects of critical infrastructures.