Abstract Infrastructures can be modeled as large‐scale networks consisting of nodes and arcs, making network optimization a popular modeling option for arising problems. In specific, providing timely restoration plans interdependent infrastructures facing disruptions has been challenge decision makers. this study, we focus on geospatial (co‐location) functional interdependencies to capture the ...

Land administration systems, and particularly their core cadastral components, are an important infrastructure which facilitates the implementation of land use policies. While most land administration systems traditionally have a primary objective of supporting the operation of land markets, they are increasingly evolving into a broader land information infrastructure which supports economic de...

Beef makes a substantial contribution to food security, providing protein, energy and also essential micro-nutrients to human populations. Rumination allows cattle - and other ruminant species - to digest fibrous feeds that cannot be directly consumed by humans and thus to make a net positive contribution to food balances. This contribution is of particular importance in marginal areas, where a...

This paper describes a model for expressing critical infrastructure dependencies. The model addresses the limitations of existing approaches with respect to clarity of definition, support for quality and the influence of operating states of critical infrastructures and environmental factors.

From 2006 to 2011 the U.S. national energy consumption for powering and cooling IT servers is estimated to grow from a cost of 4.5 to 7.4 billion dollars as reported by a recent EPA study [1] which included current efficiency improvement trends. With growing national concern for energy efficiency and environmental stewardship, current power utilization trends in HPC and data centers cannot cont...

In this paper we present a flexible architecture providing a communication platform between heterogeneous components for inter-domain QoS and traffic analysis in large-scale, multi-domain Internet infrastructures.

While the majority of e-Infrastructures that are set up within the European Research Area by such projects as EGEE, DEISA etc. are basically focused on providing the high-performance computing support for scientific applications, a diverse set of the scientific communities coming from various fields (e.g. earthquake, environmental science, experimental science communities) develop and operate e...

The Doctorate in Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering has been formed in the academic year 2008/2009 as a result of an effort of the previous departmental doctorates to merge their subjects in a culturally unified vision, where the environment is the common background. In this sense water, its physical behaviour in a natural and in a built context, is a primary constituent of the enviro...