Many systems on our planet shift abruptly and irreversibly from the desired state to an
undesired state when forced across a “tipping point”. Some examples are mass extinctions …

This paper provides a compressive literature review on the application of complex network
theories in the resilience evaluation and enhancement of modern power systems. First, the …

The study of network robustness is a critical tool in the characterization and sense making of
complex interconnected systems such as infrastructure, communication and social networks …

Complex networks such as the Internet, WWW, transportation networks, power grids,
biological neural networks, and scientific cooperation networks of all kinds provide …

The vulnerability of real-life networks subject to intentional attacks has been one of the
outstanding challenges in the study of the network safety. Applying the real data of the US …

Power systems are the basic support of modern infrastructures and protecting them from
random failures or intentional attacks is an active topic of research in safety science. This …

The internal complexity of lifeline systems and their standing interdependencies can operate
in conjunction to amplify the negative effects of external disruptions. This paper introduces a …

Recently, cities have become larger and larger, and more and more people are living in
large cities. This phenomenon has caused serious traffic congestion which is very …

Infrastructure systems construct the cornerstone of modern society, they become more and
more interconnected and interdependent on multiple levels. Therefore protecting them from …

The robustness of cargo ship transportation networks is essential to the stability of the world
trade system. The current research mainly focuses on the coarse-grained, holistic cargo ship …