Resiliency and Robustness of Complex, Multi-Genre Networks

When using the term “complex, multi-genre networks” we refer to networks that combine several distinct genres – networks of physical resources, communication networks, information networks, and social and cognitive networks. As illustrated in Fig. 1, a complex network may utilize a physical resource network (e.g., a sensor network to measure and report on phenomena of interest), to store information (e.g., a data cloud), and to communicate it to the stakeholders (e.g., the Internet, or a courier network), and a network of human decision makers (and possibly artificial agents) that assess and comprehend the information and produce decisions.