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Semantic Modeling of Cascading Risks in Interoperable Socio-technical Systems

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Enterprise Interoperability VIII

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We present a method to create semantic representations of cascading risks of interoperable socio-technical systems. This is based on a structured domain ontology representing socio-technical systems, their interdependencies, environmental and anthropic hazards, and the related threats. The ontology is accompanied by a software application, i.e., the CREAtivity Machine that generates cascades of risks by means of semantic and computational creativity techniques. The presented running prototype refers to risk assessment of critical infrastructures; however, the same method can be applied to risks concerning other system types like businesses, ecosystems, and financial networks.

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  1. SMRC, Ashburn Virginia, USA

    Alex Coletti

  2. ENEA-CR Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123, Rome, Italy

    Antonio De Nicola, Giordano Vicoli & Maria Luisa Villani

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  1. Future Manufacturing Applied Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry, UK

    Keith Popplewell

  2. BIBA, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Klaus-Dieter Thoben

  3. Business Process and Factory Management, Fraunhofer IPK, Berlin, Germany

    Thomas Knothe

  4. Higher Polytechnic School of Alcoy, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Alcoy, Alicante, Spain

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Coletti, A., De Nicola, A., Vicoli, G., Villani, M.L. (2019). Semantic Modeling of Cascading Risks in Interoperable Socio-technical Systems. In: Popplewell, K., Thoben, KD., Knothe, T., Poler, R. (eds) Enterprise Interoperability VIII. Proceedings of the I-ESA Conferences, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13693-2_10

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