Citation

Gheorghe AV, Vamanu DV. Int. J. Crit. Infrastruct. 2008; 4(1/2): 144.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

10.1504/IJCIS.2008.016097

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A method to diagnose the current vulnerability of a complex system featuring large numbers of components and indicators, as well as to dynamically monitor the time-evolvement of the vulnerability as the indicators change, is demonstrated. A consequent algorithm and its software implementation are introduced. Providing an index-based vulnerability metrics and a matrix to assess vulnerability acceptability in terms of structural vs. governance deficiencies, the method is generic and is believed to have the capability of accommodating a considerable variety of applications.

KEYWORDS: vulnerability assessment; critical infrastructures; CIS; acceptance; stability; quantitative assessment; risk assessment; complex systems; monitoring.