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Optimal Resource Allocation in Electrical Network Defense.

DE200415009766

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Yao, Y.; Edmunds, T.; Alvarez, R.
Page Count	28
Abstract	Infrastructure networks supplying electricity, natural gas, water, and other commodities are at risk of disruption due to well-engineered and coordinated terrorist attacks. Countermeasures such as hardening targets, acquisition of spare critical components, and surveillance can be undertaken to detect and deter these attacks. Allocation of available countermeasures resources to sites or activities in a manner that maximizes their effectiveness is a challenging problem. This allocation must take into account the adversarys response after the countermeasure assets are in place and consequence mitigation measures the infrastructure operation can undertake after the attack. The adversary may simply switch strategies to avoid countermeasures when executing the attack. Section 2 will briefly review literature related to multilevel programming and network defense. Section 3 presents a mathematical formulation of the electrical network defense problem. Section 4 describes the solution algorithms. Section 5 discusses computational results. Finally, Sec. 6 explores future research directions.
Keywords	Electrical networks Defense systems Terrorism Countermeasures Literature review Algorithms Mathematical analysis Infrastructure Public utilities
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA.; Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.; Texas Univ. at Austin.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Texas Univ. at Austin. and Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200513

Optimal Resource Allocation in Electrical Network Defense.

Optimal Resource Allocation in Electrical Network Defense.
DE200415009766

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Yao, Y.; Edmunds, T.; Alvarez, R.
Page Count	28
Abstract	Infrastructure networks supplying electricity, natural gas, water, and other commodities are at risk of disruption due to well-engineered and coordinated terrorist attacks. Countermeasures such as hardening targets, acquisition of spare critical components, and surveillance can be undertaken to detect and deter these attacks. Allocation of available countermeasures resources to sites or activities in a manner that maximizes their effectiveness is a challenging problem. This allocation must take into account the adversarys response after the countermeasure assets are in place and consequence mitigation measures the infrastructure operation can undertake after the attack. The adversary may simply switch strategies to avoid countermeasures when executing the attack. Section 2 will briefly review literature related to multilevel programming and network defense. Section 3 presents a mathematical formulation of the electrical network defense problem. Section 4 describes the solution algorithms. Section 5 discusses computational results. Finally, Sec. 6 explores future research directions.
Keywords	Electrical networks Defense systems Terrorism Countermeasures Literature review Algorithms Mathematical analysis Infrastructure Public utilities
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA.; Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.; Texas Univ. at Austin.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Texas Univ. at Austin. and Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200513