A parallel simulation framework for infrastructure modeling and analysis

Today´s society relies greatly upon an array of complex national and international infrastructure networks, such as transportation, utilities, telecommunication, and even financial networks. While modeling and simulation tools have provided insight into the behavior of individual infrastructure networks, a far less understood area is that of the interrelationships between multiple networks. Specifically, how does an event in one network affect the operation of the other networks. This paper presents the work that is being conducted at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) to model and simulate these complex behaviors between coupled infrastructures.