A layered approach to model interconnected infrastructure and its significance for asset management

Physical infrastructures facilitate much of societal and economic wellbeing of countries, regions and urban areas. In our increasingly urbanizing world, infrastructures in urban areas are densely located and interconnected. The effects of this interconnectedness are being studied increasingly, particularly in light of climate change effects. In...

Adaptation of interconnected infrastructures to climate change: A socio-technical systems perspective

Climate change is likely to affect how society will function in this century. Because climate change effects may be severe, a next step is to study not only the effects on natural systems, but also the effects on built infrastructure systems and, in response to anticipated effects, the adaptation of those systems. Studies that discuss...

Analysis of profit allocation strategies for competing networks by applying cooperative game theory within an agent-based model

In many industries there are possibilities to cooperate with supply chain partners in order to realise greater profits for the value chain as a whole. The responsibility for the allocation of profits realised by the cooperative network can be given to a third party, a network orchestrator. However, the allocation strategy that is applied for the...