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=== Other International Definitions ===
 
=== Other International Definitions ===

Revision as of 11:02, 10 June 2014


Definitions

European Definitions

DIESIS project

The DIESIS project [1] gives the following definition:

"A cascading failure occurs when a disruption in one infrastructure causes the failure of a component in a second infrastructure, which subsequently causes a disruption in the second infrastructure." [2]


Other International Definitions

United Nations’ Definition

National Definitions

Standard Definition

Discussion Topic

See also

Notes

  1. http://www.diesis-project.eu/
  2. Rinaldi, S., J. Peerenboom, and T. Kelly (2001). Identifying, understanding and analysing critical infrastructure interdependencies. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, pp. 11–25.

References