by Vance Tan | Dec 11, 2017 | Network risk analysis
Background Modern societies depend on critical infrastructure systems to provide essential services that support societal well-being, economic prosperity, governance, and quality of life. The complexity and interdependence of these systems has increased over time due...
by Vance Tan | Mar 1, 2017 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract Since the appearance of railways and canals, industrial revolutions have been characterized by the transformation of physical infrastructure networks as much as by production methods. Now the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is shaking up the interdependent...
by Vance Tan | Feb 28, 2017 | Digital communications
Abstract This report has been provided for the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) to help inform the UK’s 5G strategy. The NIC specifically requested that this research explore the costs of rolling out ubiquitous high-speed mobile data access across Britain for...
by Vance Tan | Oct 12, 2015 | Governance
Abstract Global tensions over the provision of water, food and energy are growing in response to demographic change and rapid economic development. Whilst water-food-energy challenges are becoming increasingly interconnected by complex ecological, socio-economic and...
by Vance Tan | Jul 6, 2013 | Infrastructure systems
July 2013 Our second report examines a range of headline infrastructure strategies related to: changes in demand management changes in capacity provision (through changes to system efficiencies or infrastructure composition) Possible future scenarios are being...