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Title: Does size matter?

Abstract

Failures of the complex infrastructures society depends on having enormous human and economic cost that poses the question: Are there ways to optimize these systems to reduce the risks of failure? A dynamic model of one such system, the power transmission grid, is used to investigate the risk from failure as a function of the system size. It is found that there appears to be optimal sizes for such networks where the risk of failure is balanced by the benefit given by the size.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. BACV Solutions, 110 Mohawk Road, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 (United States)
  2. ECpE Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22250972
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Chaos (Woodbury, N. Y.)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1054-1500
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; COST; FAILURES; FUNCTIONS; GRIDS; HAZARDS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; POWER TRANSMISSION

Citation Formats

Carreras, B. A., Physics Department, College of Natural Science and Mathematics and Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, Physics Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Newman, D. E., E-mail: denewman@alaska.edu, Physics Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, and Dobson, Ian. Does size matter?. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4868393.
Carreras, B. A., Physics Department, College of Natural Science and Mathematics and Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, Physics Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Newman, D. E., E-mail: denewman@alaska.edu, Physics Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, & Dobson, Ian. Does size matter?. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4868393
Carreras, B. A., Physics Department, College of Natural Science and Mathematics and Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, Physics Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Newman, D. E., E-mail: denewman@alaska.edu, Physics Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, and Dobson, Ian. 2014. "Does size matter?". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4868393.
@article{osti_22250972,
title = {Does size matter?},
author = {Carreras, B. A. and Physics Department, College of Natural Science and Mathematics and Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 and Physics Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid and Newman, D. E., E-mail: denewman@alaska.edu and Physics Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid and Dobson, Ian},
abstractNote = {Failures of the complex infrastructures society depends on having enormous human and economic cost that poses the question: Are there ways to optimize these systems to reduce the risks of failure? A dynamic model of one such system, the power transmission grid, is used to investigate the risk from failure as a function of the system size. It is found that there appears to be optimal sizes for such networks where the risk of failure is balanced by the benefit given by the size.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4868393},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22250972}, journal = {Chaos (Woodbury, N. Y.)},
issn = {1054-1500},
number = 2,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}