Risk and resilience assessment of complex infrastructure networks – a system-of-systems approach to rail networks

Thesis

The railway is an important critical national infrastructure network in many western countries and by its nature is exposed to diverse threats ranging from extreme weather and climate change risks, man-made and malevolent activities. The complex nature of the interdependencies across the respective systems that make up a typical rail network can result in the propagation of network failures with serious consequences for the movement of trains, passengers, goods and services. Recent disrupt...

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Authors: Ilalokhoin, O

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: System-of-systems; Risk; Complex networks; Interdependencies; Critical infrastructure systems; Resilience; Rail networks
• Subjects: Environmental engineering; Civil engineering; Reliability (Engineering); System failures (Engineering)