COMBINED SERIES AND PARALLEL SYSTEMS SUBJECT TO INDIVIDUAL VERSUS OVERARCHING DEFENSE AND ATTACK

• Published in: Asia-Pacific journal of operational research Vol. 30; no. 2; p. 1250056
• Main Author: HAUSKEN, KJELL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore World Scientific Publishing Co. & Operational Research Society of Singapore 01.04.2013; World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte., Ltd
• Subjects: Operations research; Utilities; parallel system; overarching protection; OR in military; attack; terrorism; vulnerability; series system; Survivability; individual protection

A system of components can be in series, parallel, or combined series/parallel. The components and system are protected individually and overarchingly by a defender, and attacked individually and overarchingly by an attacker. Both layers of protection have to be breached for an attack to be successf...