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A Framework for Analyzing Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructures Under Localized Attacks

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Critical infrastructures (CIs) are usually spatially embedded, which makes them more susceptible to localized attacks where a set of components located within a localized area are damaged. This paper presents a framework for analyzing vulnerability of CIs under localized attack. Both functional and geographic interdependencies among CIs are considered. Multi-layer networks are employed to establish the functional interdependency. A novel attack failure model, i.e., localized failure model, is proposed to model geographic interdependency and quantify the failure probabilities of components under localized attack. Vulnerability of CIs is investigated from three perspectives, including analyzing the system-level vulnerability, identifying the critical infrastructure components and geographical locations. Our framework can help stakeholders increase their knowledge of vulnerability of CIs under localized attack and protect them more efficiently.

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This work is partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.71371039 and 71501022.

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    KeSheng Yan, LiLi Rong, Tao Lu & ZiJian Ni

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  2. School of Knowledge Science, JAIST School of Knowledge Science, Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan

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Yan, K., Rong, L., Lu, T., Ni, Z. (2016). A Framework for Analyzing Vulnerability of Critical Infrastructures Under Localized Attacks. In: Chen, J., Nakamori, Y., Yue, W., Tang, X. (eds) Knowledge and Systems Sciences. KSS 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 660. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2857-1_8

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