Due to rapid advancements on the Internet of Things (IoT), unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), also known as drones, are transforming numerous military and civil application …

Abstract The Russian-Ukraine War has and further influence the global energy and food
security. However, the detailed influence degree, key weak points and influence process is …

Nowadays, the missions of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm are very common.
However, it is still difficult to calculate the phased mission reliability of UAV swarms …

A cyber-physical system (CPS) is an interconnected physical system that can be monitored,
controlled, and operated remotely. A systems-based analysis of CPS is critical for enhancing …

Cascading failure is one of the key issues affecting the reliability of edge-assisted Internet of
Things (IoTs), but is rarely studied. In this paper, a cascading model is developed with full …

Mission abort is an effective way to enhance system safety during mission execution.
Existing multi-attempt mission abort models can be divided into two main categories …

Recent studies have shown that elements reusing through preventive replacements is
beneficial in enhancing the mission success probability (MSP) of standby systems. While …

Many real-world complex systems, such as power grids, the Internet, transportation
networks, and complex information systems networks, which can be modeled abstractly with …

This paper models a dual-unit standby system with non-identical, reusable units that perform
the mission task alternatively according to a pre-specified replacement and maintenance …

Rescue procedures (RP), triggered either by the occurrence of the mission failure or by a
certain undesired system state, are usually applied to survive a life-critical or safety-critical …