气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Observed and Potential Conflicts in Management of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems

CCPortal

DOI	10.1061/JMENEA.MEENG-5907
	Observed and Potential Conflicts in Management of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems
	Gerst, Michael D.; Coelho, Maria; Yazdi-Samadi, Mohammad Reza; Reilly, Allison; Kenney, Melissa A.
发表日期	2024
ISSN	0742-597X
EISSN	1943-5479
起始页码	40
结束页码	4
卷号	40 期号:4
英文摘要	In recent decades, there has been considerable research into how infrastructure systems and sectors mutually rely upon each other, how a single failure in one system can cascade and affect numerous systems, and how collective restoration sequences should be conceived. However, lacking in these discussions are how individual decision-making heuristics, intraorganizational structure and priorities, and interorganizational conflict influence infrastructure operator decisions, and how this, in turn, influences the collective performance and reliability of coupled infrastructure. Building upon literature on intra- and interorganizational conflict and governance, we develop a conceptual framework for contextualizing the operational and strategic decision patterns of operators of complex interdependent systems during situations of high uncertainty. This enables us to pinpoint (some) sources of conflict that, if addressed and resolved, could induce multiple beneficial collective outcomes. These benefits, in principle, include faster outage recoveries and better reliability. The framework is demonstrated in proof-of-concept case study of outages of an interdependent infrastructure system (electrical power, steam, water, and information technology) at a large university campus in the US. Using cognitive task analysis, system operators were interviewed about their experiences with outage events. The resulting qualitative data were assessed for patterns using the framework. We find that (1) improved communication to reduce ambiguity, (2) stronger relational norms, and (3) alternative contractual incentives and penalties may induce better coordinated maintenance and operations across the systems. Because interdependent infrastructure modeling often examines only incentives and penalties, our results highlight how qualitative analysis of individual and organizational conflict and governance can provide complementary insights. Interdependent infrastructure systems, which are coupled via physical, geographic, institutional, and cyber linkages, are becoming increasingly critical to modern society while at the same time being exposed to greater threats, such as climate change. Thus, understanding their resilience to hazards is of great importance to the continuation of the reliable services they provide. Much of the scientific work in the area of interdependent infrastructure resilience has focused on creating optimal system configuration and response strategies, which provides useful guidance, but often neglects that such configurations and strategies will have to be operated and implemented by managers and operators, who by nature of being human, do not always act optimally. Thus, a gap in understanding of how managers and operators might behave when given the opportunity to act only in their personal or their system's interest potentially leaves optimal plans vulnerable. This study outlines a framework for identifying ways in which noncooperative behavior among managers and operators might lead to interdependent infrastructure systems deviating from optimal behavior. Furthermore, the framework links these potential areas of conflict with management and governance responses that can be implemented to foster resilience across systems.
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Engineering
WOS类目	Engineering, Industrial ; Engineering, Civil
WOS记录号	WOS:001223219300011
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/306275
作者单位	University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; United States Department of Energy (DOE); Idaho National Laboratory; University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gerst, Michael D.,Coelho, Maria,Yazdi-Samadi, Mohammad Reza,et al. Observed and Potential Conflicts in Management of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems[J],2024,40(4).
APA	Gerst, Michael D.,Coelho, Maria,Yazdi-Samadi, Mohammad Reza,Reilly, Allison,&Kenney, Melissa A..(2024).Observed and Potential Conflicts in Management of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems.JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING,40(4).
MLA	Gerst, Michael D.,et al."Observed and Potential Conflicts in Management of Interdependent Infrastructure Systems".JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING 40.4(2024).