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2 - Fundamental Supporting Concepts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2024

Alexis Kwasinski ,
Andres Kwasinski  and
Vaidyanathan Krishnamurthy
Alexis Kwasinski
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
Andres Kwasinski
Affiliation:
Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
Vaidyanathan Krishnamurthy
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
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Summary

This chapter provides an overview of the main infrastructure systems that are the focus of this book as well as describing fundamental concepts and information about network theory, reliability and availability, and disruptive events that are also applicable to the rest of this book.

Keywords

Power stationstransmission linessubstationspower distributioncommunication wireless and wireline networks architectureprotocol layerspacket switchingqueuing theoryavailability and reliabilitydisruptive events
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Resilience Engineering for Power and Communications Systems
Networked Infrastructure in Extreme Events
 , pp. 22 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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