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Network Reliability and Resilience Mark S. Daskin Dept. of IE/MS Northwestern University Reliability and Resilience Reliability Resilience Low probability of Consequences of failure failure are designed to be small


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Network Reliability and Resilience

Mark S. Daskin

  • Dept. of IE/MS

Northwestern University

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Reliability and Resilience

  • Reliability
  • Low probability of

failure

  • Resilience
  • Consequences of

failure are designed to be small

  • Return to normal

function is rapid

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Outline

  • Framework for network resilience
  • Industry perspectives
  • Examples of research at NU
  • Directions for future work and collaboration
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Sources of Supply Chain or Network Unreliability

  • Natural disasters
  • Weather
  • Congestion of facilities
  • Business failures
  • Economics, Energy,

Environment

  • Labor disruptions
  • Terrorist actions

We live in an uncertain world. Decreasingly random in nature Different:

  • Durations
  • Targets
  • Responses
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Reliability/Resilience Taxonomy: Frequency/Severity

Frequency Low High Severity Low High

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Reliability/Resilience Taxonomy: Duration is also important

Frequency Severity Frequency – how often does something fail Severity – what fraction

  • f network capability

is lost – what is the cost? Duration – how long is it disabled

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R&D/options Inv./options Forecasting Fortification Inventory Multi-sourcing

Threats and countermeasures

Firm

Supplier reliability Supplier yield Labor disruptions Weather Natural disasters Energy availability New entrants products Terrorism Demand uncertainty Environmental concerns Government regulation Intellectual property

R&D/new prod. Market res. Purchase options Contracts/flex. Regulation/other Lobbying

Firm Firm

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Fortification/ Intelligence/ Detection Inventory

Threats and countermeasures

Firm

Supplier yield Terrorism

Firm Firm

Yield – high frequency, short duration, low consequence, unpredictable Supplier reliability – lower frequency, longer duration, moderate consequence, may be targeted Terrorism – very low frequency, long duration, high consequence, targeted

Multi-sourcing

Supplier reliability

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Fortification Inducements Recovery plans

Threats and countermeasures

Firm

Overbooking Terrorism

Firm Airline

Overbooking – high frequency, few flights impacted, low consequence, somewhat unpredictable Weather delay – lower frequency, longer duration, moderate to high network consequences, may be foreseen Terrorism – very low frequency, very long duration, high consequence, targeted at vulnerable facilities

Weather delay

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Event planning is a cycle

Pre-event Post event Durin g event

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Pre-event planning

  • Prevent events
  • Defend against

events (harden facilities)

  • Design systems

to be resilient with respect to failures

  • Prevent
  • verbooking

via improved forecasting

  • Defend against

terrorism via screening

  • Design routes

and networks to be robust w.r.t. weather delays

  • Prevent

shortages thru better forecasting

  • Defend against

shortages via safety stock

  • Design

products for substitutability; networks with multiple suppliers

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During event

  • Detect events
  • Diagnose event
  • Prescribe

action

  • Communicate

action

  • Coordinate

response

  • Control

response

  • Detect weather

problems early

  • Diagnose severity of

disruption due to weather

  • Prescribe response

(reroute aircraft, call in backup crews)

  • Communicate

passengers

  • Coordinate with
  • ther airlines and

hotels

  • Control entire

response

  • Detect shortages by

monitoring key suppliers

  • Diagnose shortage

severity (total, partial)

  • Prescribe actions

(draw on safety stock, invoke contracts)

  • Communicate plans

with plants, suppliers, and customers

  • Coordinate response

across system

  • Control production
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Post event

  • Recovery

actions

  • Redesign

system for better response

  • Reconstruct

system

  • Recovery actions

to reposition aircraft and crews

  • Redesign

network, routes, aircraft assignments, response system

  • Reconstruct may

not be applicable in weather case except in the extreme

  • Recovery actions to

get production back and marketing to recover market share

  • Redesign supply

chain to mitigate future shortages (improve forecasting, safety stock, multi-source)

  • Reconstruct supply

chain and replenish safety stocks

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Key observations

  • Network effects make pre-event, during

event and post-event difficult

  • Solutions must encompass
  • Detection and Diagnosis
  • Communication and Coordination
  • Recovery and Redesign
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Questions for Industry

  • How do you think about resilience?
  • How do you ensure resilience?
  • How do you monitor your network(s)?
  • What is the impact of a network failure?
  • How do you contain/recover from failures?
  • What “unmet needs” do you have?