systems (WDSs). These sustainability indices are based upon performance criteria including reliability, resiliency, and … vulnerability. Pressure and water age are determined for a WDS as a function of operation time using the U.S. Environmental … Protection Agency EPANET model. The values of pressure and water age are used to determine reliability, resiliency, and …

reliability? Which indicators can be used to quantify robustness? How can these indicators be computed? This paper addresses these … discuss issues that are related to road network robustness and vulnerability which goes beyond the disconnected definitions …

with high reliability, moderate resiliency and low vulnerability. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 … Bangladesh (BFA). This evaluation is carried out using three risk-based performance indicators: reliability, resiliency and … vulnerability. The vulnerability indicator has been redefined incorporating the aspect of a supply failure. The analysis includes …

Demand Growth Reliability Vulnerability (DGRV). Computing the DGRV index for each link of a network also allows the planner …Many national governments around the world have turned their recent focus to monitoring the actual reliability of their … the potential vulnerability of such networks, and in forecasting the future impact of any mitigating actions. In practice …

This paper addresses the lack of reliability within the Swedish rail network by identifying passenger train delay … prioritizing between measures improving rail infrastructure. Delays are not only concentrated in size, but also concentrated in … distributions. Arrival delays are analyzed in detail using data provided by the Swedish Transport Administration, covering all train …

Vulnerability to poverty is a major problem in the rural areas of Sub Saharan Africa. Rural Households are confronted … contribution of indigenous fruit trees towards reducing vulnerability to food insecurity and poverty. The methodology used is a …