by Vance Tan | Nov 7, 2013 | Complex adaptive systems
Abstract National infrastructure systems are increasingly being challenged to deliver what societies require of them. This includes the need to address the de-commissioning of ageing infrastructure assets, rapid demographic change and a variety of environmental...
by Vance Tan | Oct 31, 2013 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract Modern infrastructures such as energy, transport or information and communication technologies are complex and highly interdependent systems. Modern society and economy place growing expectations and reliance on them. Failures in infrastructure systems can...
by Vance Tan | Oct 28, 2013 | Governance
Abstract This working paper explores the governance interactions between infrastructure sectors over three historical time periods with the aim of analysing how these might influence future transitions. The purpose is to develop an understanding of interactions...
by Vance Tan | Oct 24, 2013 | Economic impacts
Abstract It has been argued that in the UK there has been under-investment in critical infrastructure over the last two decades. This in turn has resulted in infrastructure that is less capable of assisting the UK economy to grow. Evidence to substantiate this claim...
by Vance Tan | Oct 9, 2013 | Network risk analysis
Abstract Moving from univariate to multivariate frequency analysis, this study extends the Klemeš’ critique of the widespread belief that the increasingly refined mathematical structures of probability functions increase the accuracy and credibility of the...
