Title
Interdependency-induced risk with applications to healthcare.
Abstract
Developing effective protection, mitigation and recovery measures for critical infrastructures is paramount in the wake of increasing natural and human-initiated hazards, risks and threats. Influencing these measures are interconnections (i.e., interdependencies) among infrastructure systems. Understanding the nature of system interdependencies can play an essential role in minimizing and/or reducing the probabilities and consequences of cascading failures in interdependent systems. This paper discusses the need for policy-makers, infrastructure operators and researchers to consider alternative approaches to formulating risk and enabling solutions to challenging 21st century issues related to interdependent infrastructures. Using the healthcare sector as an example, this paper suggests that identifying the risks associated with maintaining public health goes beyond traditional risk formulation to include the structural complexity brought about by infrastructure interdependencies.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1016/j.ijcip.2014.01.005
International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection
Keywords
Field
DocType
Critical infrastructures,Geographical healthcare interdependency,Interdependency measure,Risk assessment,Risk formulation,Structural complexity,Interconnections
Health care,Interdependence,Public health,Computer security,Risk assessment,Cascading failure,Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
1
1874-5482
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.48
23
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Polinpapilinho F. Katina15910.86
C. Ariel Pinto220.82
Joseph M. Bradley320.48
Patrick T. Hester44011.16