Many infrastructures are now considered to be critical for both the economic development
and general functioning of modern societies. Thus, understanding their performance is …

The economic development and social well-being of a society are highly dependent on
many complex networked systems, such as power transmission and distribution …

In this paper, we propose two metrics, ie, the optimal repair time and the resilience reduction
worth, to measure the criticality of the components of a network system from the perspective …

Modern societies are increasingly dependent on the availability, reliability, safety and
security of critical infrastructures such as energy, water supply, transportation, information …

In practice, network designs can be based on multiple choices of redundant configurations,
and different available components which can be used to form links. More specifically, the …

This paper describes the vulnerability analysis of a complex network as the process of
identifying the combination of component failures that provide maximum reduction of …

We consider the two-terminal reliability and link importance analysis of fault tolerant network
systems in this paper. Two practical issues, imperfect coverage (IPC) and common-cause …

Network reliability is extensively used to measure the degree of stability of the quality of
infrastructure services. The performance of an infrastructure network and its components …

Disruptive events such as natural disasters and human errors can have widespread adverse
impacts on several networked infrastructures, affecting their functionalities and possibly …

This unique treatment systematically interprets a spectrum of importance measures to
provide a comprehensive overview of their applications in the areas of reliability, network …