Many production and safeguard systems consisting of multiple components are susceptible
to the cascading failures, where one possibility is that the failure of a component leads to …

Many computing and technological systems can be modeled as a dynamic voting phased
mission system (VPMS), which performs a pre-specified task in multiple consecutive phases …

For systems operating in random environments, shock number threshold-based mission
abort policies (MAP) have been modeled and optimized for balancing the mission success …

Effective recovery after disruptions is essential to improve system resilience. For many
distributed systems such as offshore wind farms and communication networks, spatial …

The pervasive adoption of digitalized systems along with evolving security threats has led to
major security concerns. Digitalization enablers, such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber …

The online storage of sensitive data enjoys many benefits such as flexibility, cost-savings,
scalability, and convenience but it also poses a big concern on the data confidentiality and …

Smart grid technologies are based on the integration of the cyber network and the power
grid into a cyber-physical power system (CPPS). The increasing cyber-physical …

Normal operation of metros and buses is essential for sustainable urban development.
Studies have shown that a disaster occurring on one transport station leads to the cascading …

Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the trending topics in the technological revolution of the last
decade. The huge amount of sensors composing IoT systems implies the need for powerful …

Selfish mining is a typical malicious attack targeting the blockchain-based bitcoin system, an
emerging crypto asset. Because of the non-incentive compatibility of the bitcoin mining …