Integrating data-driven and physics-based approaches to characterize failures of interdependent infrastructures

Next generation decentralized water systems: a water-energy-infrastructure-human nexus (WEIHN) approach

“…Although there has been some exploration of infrastructure-based interdependency in WEIHN, these studies predominantly focused on physical interdependency and cost optimization but overlooked the critical safety-based performance metrics to understand the vulnerability of interdependent infrastructures. 23,24 In addition, the various roles of human behaviors, including water and energy consumption and decision-making among end-users, operators, and policy makers, immensely influence WEIHN. Capturing human behavior data, both qualitatively and quantitatively, however, poses a significant challenge, thus underscoring the need for more methodological advancements in this area of the WEIHN.…”