Managing the Complexity of Critical Infrastructures: A Modelling and Simulation Approach
Registro en:
9783319393575
10.1007/978-3-319-51043-9
Autor
Setola, Roberto
Rosato, Vittorio
Kyriakides, Elias
Rome, Erich
Institución
Resumen
This book collects the tutorial material developed by the authors during the six
editions of the Master Classes and Courses on Modelling, Simulation and Analysis
of Critical Infrastructures. These training events attracted more than 200 students
from all over Europe and represented the cornerstone instrument for the training
program developed inside the Critical Infrastructure Preparedness and Resilience
Research Network (CIPRNet) project.
CIPRNet is a Network of Excellence in the field of Critical Infrastructure
Protection (CIP) composed of twelve outstanding institutions on the different topics
involved in the CIP domain and co-funded by the European Union under the
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for research, technological development and
demonstration.
CIPRNet moves from the fact that our societies are increasingly dependent on
the correct functioning of a huge number of technological infrastructures. Several
of these infrastructures are so relevant for our wellness that they are generically
indicated as a Critical Infrastructure (CI). In the last two decades for political,
technological, economical and societal reasons which includes the following:
• unbundling power generation, transmission and distribution in the electrical
power sector,
• globalization of the markets,
• diffusion of ICT and mobile telecommunication systems,
• introduction of “smart” paradigms (e.g. smart grids and smart cities) and
• increasing use of Internet.