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CONEXT
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
Assessing the vulnerability of replicated network services
Client-server networks are pervasive, fundamental, and include such key networks as the Internet, power grids, and road networks. In a client-server network, clients obtain a serv...
George Dean Bissias, Brian Neil Levine, Ramesh K. ...
IEEESP
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
The Crutial Way of Critical Infrastructure Protection
Today, critical infrastructures like the power grid are essentially physical processes controlled by computers connected by networks. They are usually as vulnerable as any other i...
Alysson Neves Bessani, Paulo Sousa, Miguel Correia...
CORR
2010
Springer
81views Education» more  CORR 2010»
13 years 4 months ago
Understanding Cascading Failures in Power Grids
In the past, we have observed several large blackouts, i.e. loss of power to large areas. It has been noted by several researchers that these large blackouts are a result of a cas...
Sachin Kadloor, Nandakishore Santhi
DAC
2010
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
An efficient dual algorithm for vectorless power grid verification under linear current constraints
Vectorless power grid verification makes it possible to evaluate worst-case voltage drops without enumerating possible current waveforms. Under linear current constraints, the vec...
Xuanxing Xiong, Jia Wang
LEGE
2003
135views Education» more  LEGE 2003»
13 years 5 months ago
Quality of Service Requirements for the e-Learning Grid
In the same way that the Web has evolved from being a technology designed to aid scientific collaboration to one which is employed extensively in e-business and increasingly in e-...
Colin Allison
CSREASAM
2004
13 years 5 months ago
Survivable Systems Analysis of the North American Power Grid Communications Infrastructure
The modern electric power grid is a complex interconnected network of independent physical and electronic devices that utilize myriad technologies for communication between other ...
Patrick R. Merry, Axel W. Krings, Paul W. Oman
ISPD
2007
ACM
124views Hardware» more  ISPD 2007»
13 years 6 months ago
Accurate power grid analysis with behavioral transistor network modeling
In this paper, we propose fast and efficient techniques to analyze the power grid with accurate modeling of the transistor network. The solution techniques currently available for...
Anand Ramalingam, Giri Devarayanadurg, David Z. Pa...
DATE
2005
IEEE
131views Hardware» more  DATE 2005»
13 years 6 months ago
Performance Driven Decoupling Capacitor Allocation Considering Data and Clock Interactions
— We propose a sensitivity-based method to allocate decaps incorporating leakage constraints and tighter data and clock interactions. The proposed approach attempts to allocate d...
Ajith Chandy, Tom Chen
ASPDAC
2008
ACM
127views Hardware» more  ASPDAC 2008»
13 years 6 months ago
Power grid analysis benchmarks
ACT Benchmarks are an immensely useful tool in performing research since they allow for rapid and clear comparison between different approaches to solving CAD problems. Recent expe...
Sani R. Nassif
COMPSAC
2007
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Infrastructure Hardening: A Competitive Coevolutionary Methodology Inspired by Neo-Darwinian Arms Races
The world is increasingly dependent on critical infrastructures such as the electric power grid, water, gas, and oil transport systems, which are susceptible to cascading failures...
Travis C. Service, Daniel R. Tauritz, William M. S...