Fiscal Year	2011
Division	Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
Department	Operations Research
Investigator(s)	Wood, R. Kevin
Sponsor	University of Texas, Austin (Other)
Summary	Collaborators will develop new theory, models and algorithms for optimal design or retrofit of interdependent infrastructure systems, with the objective of making those systems more resilient to the kinetic and other types of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) attacks. "System" refers here to a collection of interdependent infrastructure systems; "defense" implies any action that reduces the vulnerability of a system, or improves its resilience to attack, e.g., improving security (hardening), adding redundant system components, reducing repair times. "WMD attack" normally means a coordinated attack on a set of system components, using kinetic devices, designed to disrupt system operations.
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