@article{ref1,
title="Security assessment in complex networks exposed to terrorist hazard: A simulation approach",
journal="International journal of critical infrastructures",
year="2008",
author="Zio, Enrico and Rocco S., Claudio M.",
volume="4",
number="1/2",
pages="80-80",
abstract="This paper presents a methodological approach combining Cellular Automata (CA) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulation for computing the security characteristics of a system exposed to terrorist attacks, such as the injection of poison in the water distribution system of a populated area. The physical system can be modelled as a network (graph) of nodes interconnected by links. CA are employed to describe the dynamics of spread of the hazard through the network, considering a simple continuity framework. The MC method allows simulating the stochastics of the hazard propagation between the nodes of the network and its effect.KEYWORDS: cellular automata; CA; Monte Carlo simulation; security assessment; complex networks; critical infrastructures; terrorist threat; terrorist attacks; poison; water distribution systems; hazard propagation.<p />",
language="",
issn="1475-3219",
doi="10.1504/IJCIS.2008.016093",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJCIS.2008.016093"
}