District heating (DH) is a service that satisfies customers' demands in the areas of heating,
hot water preparation and the supply of heat to ventilation systems. Three generations of DH …

Lifeline networks are critical to urban economies and societies. Resilience is an emerging
concept for analyzing the dynamic performances of critical infrastructures impacted by …

We discuss the current state-of-the-art on the assessment of systems (structures and
lifelines) subjected to seismic loading. Severe earthquakes are random events that may …

Seaport transportation system is one of the major lifeline systems in modern society and its
reliable operation is crucial for the well-being of the public. However, past experiences …

Resilience is an emerging concept for analyzing the dynamic performance of critical
infrastructures during the post-disaster recovery process. Although a number of studies …

On 12 May, 2008, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Wenchuan County, Aba Tibetan and
Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, causing substantial losses of human life …

Lifelines are networks extending spatiallyover large areas. Transportation systems,
pipelines, communication and power transmission systems areexamples of lifelines. The …

Water distribution network (WDN) is critical to the city service, economic rehabilitation, public
health, and safety. Reconstructing the WDN to improve its resilience in seismic disaster is an …

The goal of the present study is to construct a reliability evaluation model of a water supply
system taking seismic hazards and present techniques to enhance hydraulic reliability of the …

Agent-based models (ABMs) have become popular media for simulating the space–time
complexity of massively interactive phenomena, but usual approaches in geographical …