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Mitigating Disaster and Terrorism Impacts to Critical Infrastructure

Project Description

This is a collaborative project involving researchers at ASU, Indiana University and the University of Missouri focused on the development and application of spatial optimization approaches to support planning and management of network infrastructure. At ASU, the project is directed by Dr. Alan Murray and encompasses management and processing of spatial information associated with network based infrastructure as well as the development of mathematical models designed to address vulnerability issues. This includes mathematical optimization model extensions to account for temporal change as well as recovery planning.

Funding

This project, currently in its second year, is funded by the National Science Foundation (BCS-0720989) through the University of Missouri.

Image of spatial decision support system interface

This image illustrates a developed spatial decision support system. The system supports network interdiction management and mitigation through the use of graphic and spatial displays, combined with optimization based techniques. Potential disruption scenarios are identified and can be interactively explored. (from Snediker, Murray and Matisziw, 2008)

Publications

T.C. Matisziw and A.T. Murray. 2009. "Modeling s-t path availability to support disaster vulnerability assessment of network infrastructure." Computers and Operations Research, 36:16-26.

T.C. Matisziw, A.T. Murray and T.H. Grubesic. 2008. "Exploring the vulnerability of network infrastructure to disruption." Annals of Regional Science.

A.T. Murray, T.C. Matisziw and T.H. Grubesic. 2008. "Multimethodological approaches to network vulnerability analysis." Growth and Change.

D.E. Snediker, A.T. Murray and T.C. Matisziw. 2008. "Decision support for network disruption mitigation." Decision Support Systems, 44:954-969.

T.H. Grubesic, T.C. Matisziw, A.T. Murray, and D. Snediker. 2008. "Comparative approaches for assessing network vulnerability." International Regional Science Review, 31:88-112.

A.T. Murray, T.C. Matisziw and T.H. Grubesic. 2007. "Critical network infrastructure analysis: interdiction and system flow." Journal of Geographical Systems, 9:103-117.

A.T. Murray and T.H. Grubesic (editors). 2007. Critical Infrastructure: Reliability and Vulnerability. Berlin: Springer.

A.T. Murray and T.H. Grubesic. 2007. "Overview of reliability and vulnerability in critical infrastructure." In Critical Infrastructure: Reliability and Vulnerability, edited by A. Murray and T. Grubesic, p. 1-8. Berlin: Springer.