Simulating economic effects of disruptions in the telecommunications infrastructure.

Cox, Roger Gary ; Barton, Dianne Catherine ; Reinert, Rhonda K. ; Eidson, Eric D. ; Schoenwald, David Alan

Sandia National Laboratories

关键词: Economics;    Computerized Simulation;    24 Power Transmission And Distribution;    Communications;    Economic Impact;   

DOI  :  10.2172/918354
RP-ID  :  SAND2004-0101
RP-ID  :  AC04-94AL85000
RP-ID  :  918354

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

CommAspen is a new agent-based model for simulating the interdependent effects of market decisions and disruptions in the telecommunications infrastructure on other critical infrastructures in the U.S. economy such as banking and finance, and electric power. CommAspen extends and modifies the capabilities of Aspen-EE, an agent-based model previously developed by Sandia National Laboratories to analyze the interdependencies between the electric power system and other critical infrastructures. CommAspen has been tested on a series of scenarios in which the communications network has been disrupted, due to congestion and outages. Analysis of the scenario results indicates that communications networks simulated by the model behave as their counterparts do in the real world. Results also show that the model could be used to analyze the economic impact of communications congestion and outages.