Example 2

Example 2 shows how pyrecodes can be used to assess the resilience of interdependent infrastructure systems and housing in a virtual community affected by a scenario disaster. This is a toy example to illustrate how system recovery is simulated following a disaster and how component interdependencies are captured in iRe-CoDeS.

Virtual community in Example 2.

Virtual community in Example 2.

Running the example

Example 2 Jupyter notebook illustrates how to run the pyrecodes simulation and plot the post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics and the components’ recovery gantt chart.

Run the example online using Google Colab.

Alternatively, the example can be run locally by downloading the Example 2 Jupyter notebook and the required files from the Example 2 folder.

Virtual community description

Virtual community consists of the building stock and three interdependent infrastructure systems: the Electric Power Supply System, the Water Supply System and the Cellular Communication System. Community is discretized into 20 localities connected with links, containing components and/or representing link intersections.

The Electric Power Supply System provides electric power produced by Electric Power Plants (EPPs) and transferred to users through the Transsmision Lines, represented as links between localities.

The Water Supply System provides cooling and potable water to the community. The two resources are supplied by the Cooling Water Facilities (CWFs) and Potable Water Facilities (PWFs) and transferred by cooling water pipes and potable water pipes that have the same topology as the transmission lines, represents as black lines in the figure above.

The Cellular Communication System consists of Base Station Controllers (BSCs) that control Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) by providing High Level Communication resource. The BTSs then provide Low Level Communication to the community.

The components are interdependent as they require resources provided by other systems to operate. The interdependencies are defined by the resource amounts components need to operate, as specified in the component library file.

Componets are assigned initial post-disaster damage levels as defined in the example_2_damage_input.txt in the Example 2 folder. Such damage levels can be obtained using hazard and vulnerability models [link].

Component library

In the following component templates used in Example 2 are presented. Please refer to Example 1 and the How to use pyrecodes page for a more detailed description of the different sections in the component library.

Electric Power Plant

"ElectricPowerPlant": {
        "ComponentClass": {"FileName": "standard_irecodes_component", "ClassName": "StandardiReCoDeSComponent"},
        "RecoveryModel": {
                "FileName": "component_level_recovery_activities_model",
                "ClassName": "ComponentLevelRecoveryActivitiesModel",
                "Parameters": {
                        "Repair": {
                                "Duration": {
                                        "Deterministic": {
                                                "Value": 100
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
                "DamageFunctionalityRelation": {
                        "Type": "ReverseLinear"
                }
        },
        "Supply": {
                "ElectricPower": {
                        "Amount": 40,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Binary"
                }
        },
        "OperationDemand": {
                "ElectricPower": {
                        "Amount": 0.2,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                },
                "LowLevelCommunication": {
                        "Amount": 0.001,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                },
                "CoolingWater": {
                        "Amount": 0.05,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
}

Base Station Controller

"BaseStationController": {
        "ComponentClass": {"FileName": "standard_irecodes_component", "ClassName": "StandardiReCoDeSComponent"},
        "RecoveryModel": {
                "FileName": "component_level_recovery_activities_model",
                "ClassName": "ComponentLevelRecoveryActivitiesModel",
                "Parameters": {
                        "Repair": {
                                "Duration": {"Deterministic": {"Value": 100}}
                                }
                        },
                "DamageFunctionalityRelation": {
                        "Type": "ReverseLinear"
                        }
                },
        "Supply": {
                "HighLevelCommunication": {
                        "Amount": 300,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Binary"
                }
        },
        "OperationDemand": {
                "ElectricPower": {
                        "Amount": 0.2,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                },
                "CoolingWater": {
                        "Amount": 0.05,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
}

Base Transceiver Station

"BaseTransceiverStation": {
        "ComponentClass": {"FileName": "standard_irecodes_component", "ClassName": "StandardiReCoDeSComponent"},
        "RecoveryModel": {
                "FileName": "component_level_recovery_activities_model",
                "ClassName": "ComponentLevelRecoveryActivitiesModel",
                "Parameters": {
                        "Repair": {
                        "Duration": {
                                "Deterministic": {
                                        "Value": 20
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
                "DamageFunctionalityRelation": {
                        "Type": "ReverseBinary"
                }
        },
        "Supply": {
                "LowLevelCommunication": {
                        "Amount": 45,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Binary"
                }
        },
        "OperationDemand": {
                "ElectricPower": {
                        "Amount": 0.1,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear"
                },
                "HighLevelCommunication": {
                        "Amount": 50,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear"
                }
        }
}

Potable Water Facility

"PotableWaterFacility": {
        "ComponentClass": {"FileName": "standard_irecodes_component", "ClassName": "StandardiReCoDeSComponent"},
        "RecoveryModel": {
                "FileName": "component_level_recovery_activities_model",
                "ClassName": "ComponentLevelRecoveryActivitiesModel",
                "Parameters": {
                        "Repair": {
                        "Duration": {
                                "Deterministic": {
                                "Value": 100
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
                "DamageFunctionalityRelation": {
                        "Type": "ReverseBinary"
                }
        },
        "Supply": {
                "PotableWater": {
                        "Amount": 0.2,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Binary"
                }
        },
        "OperationDemand": {
                "ElectricPower": {
                        "Amount": 0.1,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
}

Cooling Water Facility

"CoolingWaterFacility": {
        "ComponentClass": {"FileName": "standard_irecodes_component", "ClassName": "StandardiReCoDeSComponent"},
        "RecoveryModel": {
                "FileName": "component_level_recovery_activities_model",
                "ClassName": "ComponentLevelRecoveryActivitiesModel",
                "Parameters": {
                        "Repair": {
                                "Duration": {
                                        "Deterministic": {
                                                "Value": 20
                                                }
                                        }
                                }
                        },
                        "DamageFunctionalityRelation": {
                                "Type": "ReverseLinear"
                        }
                },
        "Supply": {
                "CoolingWater": {
                        "Amount": 0.06,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Binary"
                }
        },
        "OperationDemand": {
                "ElectricPower": {
                        "Amount": 0.2,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                },
                "LowLevelCommunication": {
                        "Amount": 0.001,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
},

Building Stock Unit

"BuildingStockUnit": {
        "ComponentClass": {"FileName": "building_with_emergency_calls", "ClassName": "BuildingWithEmergencyCalls"},
        "RecoveryModel": {
                "FileName": "component_level_recovery_activities_model",
                "ClassName": "ComponentLevelRecoveryActivitiesModel",
                "Parameters": {
                        "Repair": {
                                "Duration": {
                                        "Deterministic": {
                                                "Value": 100
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
                "DamageFunctionalityRelation": {
                        "Type": "ReverseLinear"
                }
        },
        "Supply": {
                "Shelter": {
                        "Amount": 400,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                },
                "FunctionalHousing": {
                        "Amount": 400,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Linear"
                }
        },
        "OperationDemand": {
                "ElectricPower": {
                        "Amount": 7.7,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear"
                },
                "LowLevelCommunication": {
                        "Amount": 33.3,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant",
                        "PostDisasterIncreaseDueToEmergencyCalls": "True"
                },
                "PotableWater": {
                        "Amount": 0.086,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear"
                },
                "Shelter": {
                        "Amount": 400,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                },
                "FunctionalHousing": {
                        "Amount": 400,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
},

Electric Power Transmission Line

"ElectricPowerTransmissionLine": {
        "ComponentClass": {"FileName": "standard_irecodes_component", "ClassName": "StandardiReCoDeSComponent"},
        "RecoveryModel": {
                "FileName": "component_level_recovery_activities_model",
                "ClassName": "ComponentLevelRecoveryActivitiesModel",
                "Parameters": {
                        "Repair": {
                                "Duration": {
                                        "Deterministic": {
                                                "Value": 20
                                                }
                                        }
                                }
                        },
                "DamageFunctionalityRelation": {
                        "Type": "ReverseLinear"
                }
        },
        "Supply": {
                "ElectricPowerTransferService": {
                        "Amount": 1000,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
        "OperationDemand": {
                "BridgeService": {
                        "Amount": 1,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
}

Potable Water Pipe

"PotableWaterPipe": {
        "ComponentClass": {"FileName": "standard_irecodes_component", "ClassName": "StandardiReCoDeSComponent"},
        "RecoveryModel": {
                "FileName": "component_level_recovery_activities_model",
                "ClassName": "ComponentLevelRecoveryActivitiesModel",
                "Parameters": {
                        "Repair": {
                                "Duration": {
                                        "Deterministic": {
                                                "Value": 20
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
                "DamageFunctionalityRelation": {
                        "Type": "ReverseLinear"
                }
        },
        "Supply": {
                "PotableWaterTransferService": {
                        "Amount": 1000,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
        "OperationDemand": {
                "BridgeService": {
                        "Amount": 1,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
}

Cooling Water Pipe

"CoolingWaterPipe": {
        "ComponentClass": {"FileName": "standard_irecodes_component", "ClassName": "StandardiReCoDeSComponent"},
        "RecoveryModel": {
                "FileName": "component_level_recovery_activities_model",
                "ClassName": "ComponentLevelRecoveryActivitiesModel",
                "Parameters": {
                        "Repair": {
                        "Duration": {
                                "Deterministic": {
                                        "Value": 20
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
                "DamageFunctionalityRelation": {
                        "Type": "ReverseLinear"
                }
        },
        "Supply": {
                "CoolingWaterTransferService": {
                        "Amount": 1000,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Binary"
                }
        },
        "OperationDemand": {
                "BridgeService": {
                        "Amount": 1,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
}

Bridge

"Bridge": {
        "ComponentClass": {"FileName": "standard_irecodes_component", "ClassName": "StandardiReCoDeSComponent"},
        "RecoveryModel": {
                "FileName": "component_level_recovery_activities_model",
                "ClassName": "ComponentLevelRecoveryActivitiesModel",
                "Parameters": {
                        "Repair": {
                        "Duration": {
                                "Deterministic": {
                                "Value": 100
                                }
                        }
                        }
                },
                "DamageFunctionalityRelation": {
                        "Type": "ReverseLinear"
                }
        },
        "Supply": {
                "BridgeService": {
                        "Amount": 1,
                        "FunctionalityToAmountRelation": "Linear",
                        "UnmetDemandToAmountRelation": "Constant"
                }
        }
}

System configuration

Sections of the system configuration file for Example 2 are presented next. Please refer to Example 1 and the How to use pyrecodes page for an in-depth explanation of system configuration file sections.

Constants

"Constants": {
        "START_TIME_STEP": 0,
        "MAX_TIME_STEP": 500,
        "DISASTER_TIME_STEP": 1
}

Content

"Content": {
        "Locality 101": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 1,
                        "Y": 1
                },
                "Components": {
                        "Infrastructure": [
                        {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 201": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 102": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                }
                                }
                        }},
                        {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 201": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 102": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                }
                                }
                        }},
                        {
                        "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 201": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 102": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                }
                                }
                        }
                        }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 102": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 2,
                        "Y": 1
                },
                "Components": {
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 101": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 202": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 103": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 101": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 202": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 103": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 101": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 202": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 103": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                        }
                },
        "Locality 103": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 3,
                        "Y": 1
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 102": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 203": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 104": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "PotableWaterFacility": 1
                                        },
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 102": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 203": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 104": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 102": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 203": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 104": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                },
                                {
                                "CommunicationSystem": {
                                        "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                        "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                        "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                                "BaseTransceiverStation": 2
                                        }
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                        ],
                        "BuildingStock": [
                        {"Buildings": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "BuildingStockUnit": 2
                                }
                                }
                        }}
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 104": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 4,
                        "Y": 1
                },
                "Components": {
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 103": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 105": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 103": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 105": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 103": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 105": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 105": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 5,
                        "Y": 1
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 104": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 205": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 106": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "PotableWaterFacility": 1
                                        },
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 104": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 205": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 106": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "CoolingWaterFacility": 1
                                        },
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 104": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 205": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 106": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                },
                                {
                                "CommunicationSystem": {
                                        "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                        "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                        "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                                "BaseTransceiverStation": 3,
                                                "BaseStationController": 1
                                        }
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                        ],
                        "BuildingStock": [
                        {"Buildings": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "BuildingStockUnit": 3
                                }
                                }
                        }}
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 106": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 6,
                        "Y": 1
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 105": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 206": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 107": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 105": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 206": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 107": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 105": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 206": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 107": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 107": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 7,
                        "Y": 1
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 106": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 207": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 106": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 207": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 106": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 207": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 201": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 1,
                        "Y": 2
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 101": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 202": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 301": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 101": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 202": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 301": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 101": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 202": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 301": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                },
                                {
                                "TransportationSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 301": ["Bridge"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 202": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 2,
                        "Y": 2
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 201": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 203": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 102": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 201": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 203": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 102": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 201": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 203": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 102": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 203": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 3,
                        "Y": 2
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 202": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 103": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 303": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 202": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 103": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 303": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 202": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 103": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 303": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 205": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 5,
                        "Y": 2
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 105": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 206": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 305": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 105": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 206": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 305": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 105": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 206": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 305": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 206": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 6,
                        "Y": 2
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 106": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 205": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 306": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 207": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 106": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 205": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 306": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 207": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 106": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 205": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 306": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 207": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 207": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 7,
                        "Y": 2
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 107": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 206": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 307": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 107": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 206": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 307": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 107": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 206": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 307": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 301": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 1,
                        "Y": 3
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "ElectricPowerPlant": 1
                                        },
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 201": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 302": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 201": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 302": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "CoolingWaterFacility": 1
                                        },
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 201": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 302": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                },
                                {
                                "CommunicationSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "BaseTransceiverStation": 1
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                },
                                {
                                "TransportationSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 201": ["Bridge"],
                                        "Locality 302": ["Bridge"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 302": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 2,
                        "Y": 3
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 301": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 303": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 301": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 303": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 301": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 303": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                },
                                {
                                "TransportationSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 301": ["Bridge"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 303": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 3,
                        "Y": 3
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 302": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 203": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 304": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "PotableWaterFacility": 1
                                        },
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 302": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 203": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 304": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "CoolingWaterFacility": 1
                                        },
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 302": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 203": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 304": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                },
                                {
                                "CommunicationSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "BaseTransceiverStation": 3,
                                        "BaseStationController": 1
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ],
                        "BuildingStock": [
                        {"Buildings": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "BuildingStockUnit": 3
                                }
                                }
                        }}
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 304": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 4,
                        "Y": 3
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 303": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 305": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 303": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 305": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 303": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 305": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 305": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 5,
                        "Y": 3
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "ElectricPowerPlant": 1
                                        },
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 302": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 203": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 304": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 304": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 205": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 306": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "CoolingWaterFacility": 1
                                        },
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 304": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 205": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 306": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                },
                                {
                                "CommunicationSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "BaseTransceiverStation": 1
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 306": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 6,
                        "Y": 3
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 305": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 307": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 305": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 307": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 305": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 307": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ]
                }
                },
        "Locality 307": {
                "Coordinates": {
                        "X": 7,
                        "Y": 3
                },
                "Components":{
                        "Infrastructure": [
                                {"ElectricPowerSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 306": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"],
                                        "Locality 207": ["ElectricPowerTransmissionLine"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {"PotableWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "PotableWaterFacility": 1
                                        },
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 306": ["PotableWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 207": ["PotableWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }},
                                {
                                "CoolingWaterSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsBetweenLocalities": {
                                        "Locality 306": ["CoolingWaterPipe"],
                                        "Locality 207": ["CoolingWaterPipe"]
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                },
                                {
                                "CommunicationSystem": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                        "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "BaseTransceiverStation": 1
                                        }
                                }
                                }
                                }
                        ],
                        "BuildingStock": [
                        {"Buildings": {
                                "CreatorClassName": "JSONSubsystemCreator",
                                "CreatorFileName": "json_subsystem_creator",
                                "Parameters": {
                                "ComponentsInLocality": {
                                        "BuildingStockUnit": 1
                                }
                                }
                        }}
                        ]
                }
        }
}

Damage Input

"DamageInput": {
        "ClassName": "FileDamageInput",
        "FileName": "file_damage_input",
        "Parameters": "./Example 2/example_2_damage_input.txt"
}

Resources

"Resources": {
        "ElectricPower": {
                "Group": "Utilities",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "UtilityDistributionModel",
                        "FileName": "utility_distribution_model",
                        "Parameters": {
                                "DistributionPriority": {
                                        "FileName": "component_type_priority",
                                        "ClassName": "ComponentTypePriority",
                                        "Parameters": [
                                        [
                                                "ElectricPowerPlant",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "BaseStationController",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "BaseTransceiverStation",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "CoolingWaterFacility",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "PotableWaterFacility",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "BuildingStockUnit",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ]
                                        ]
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
        "HighLevelCommunication": {
                "Group": "Utilities",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "UtilityDistributionModel",
                        "FileName": "utility_distribution_model",
                        "Parameters": {
                                "DistributionPriority": {
                                        "FileName": "component_type_priority",
                                        "ClassName": "ComponentTypePriority",
                                        "Parameters": [
                                        [
                                                "BaseStationController",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "BaseTransceiverStation",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ]
                                        ]
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
                "LowLevelCommunication": {
                "Group": "Utilities",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "UtilityDistributionModel",
                        "FileName": "utility_distribution_model",
                        "Parameters": {
                                "DistributionPriority": {
                                        "FileName": "component_type_priority",
                                        "ClassName": "ComponentTypePriority",
                                        "Parameters": [
                                        [
                                                "BaseTransceiverStation",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "ElectricPowerPlant",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "CoolingWaterFacility",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "BuildingStockUnit",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ]
                                        ]
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
                "PotableWater": {
                "Group": "Utilities",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "UtilityDistributionModel",
                        "FileName": "utility_distribution_model",
                        "Parameters": {
                                "DistributionPriority": {
                                        "FileName": "component_type_priority",
                                        "ClassName": "ComponentTypePriority",
                                        "Parameters": [
                                        [
                                                "PotableWaterFacility",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "BuildingStockUnit",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ]
                                        ]
                                        },
                                "TransferService": "PotableWaterTransferService"
                                }
                        }
                },
                "CoolingWater": {
                "Group": "Utilities",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "UtilityDistributionModel",
                        "FileName": "utility_distribution_model",
                        "Parameters": {
                                "DistributionPriority": {
                                        "FileName": "component_type_priority",
                                        "ClassName": "ComponentTypePriority",
                                        "Parameters": [
                                        [
                                                "CoolingWaterFacility",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "ElectricPowerPlant",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ],
                                        [
                                                "BaseStationController",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ]
                                        ]
                                },
                                "TransferService": "CoolingWaterTransferService"
                                }
                        }
                },
                "Shelter": {
                "Group": "Utilities",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "UtilityDistributionModel",
                        "FileName": "utility_distribution_model",
                        "Parameters": {
                                "DistributionPriority": {
                                        "FileName": "component_type_priority",
                                        "ClassName": "ComponentTypePriority",
                                        "Parameters": [
                                        [
                                                "BuildingStockUnit",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ]
                                        ]
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
                "FunctionalHousing": {
                "Group": "Utilities",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "UtilityDistributionModel",
                        "FileName": "utility_distribution_model",
                        "Parameters": {
                                "DistributionPriority": {
                                        "FileName": "component_type_priority",
                                        "ClassName": "ComponentTypePriority",
                                        "Parameters": [
                                        [
                                                "BuildingStockUnit",
                                                "OperationDemand"
                                        ]
                                        ]
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                },
                "ElectricPowerTransferService": {
                "Group": "TransferService",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "TransferServiceDistributionModelPotentialPaths",
                        "FileName": "transfer_service_distribution_model_potential_paths",
                        "Parameters": {
                                "PathSetsFile": "./Example 2/potential_path_sets.json"
                                }
                        }
                },
                "PotableWaterTransferService": {
                "Group": "TransferService",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "TransferServiceDistributionModelPotentialPaths",
                        "FileName": "transfer_service_distribution_model_potential_paths",
                        "Parameters": {
                        "PathSetsFile": "./Example 2/potential_path_sets.json"
                        }
                }
                },
                "CoolingWaterTransferService": {
                "Group": "TransferService",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "TransferServiceDistributionModelPotentialPaths",
                        "FileName": "transfer_service_distribution_model_potential_paths",
                        "Parameters": {
                        "PathSetsFile": "./Example 2/potential_path_sets.json"
                        }
                }
                },
                "BridgeService": {
                "Group": "BridgeService",
                "DistributionModel": {
                        "ClassName": "BridgeServiceDistributionModel",
                        "FileName": "bridge_service_distribution_model",
                        "Parameters": {}
                }
                }
},

Resilience Calculators

"ResilienceCalculator": [
        {
        "FileName": "recodes_calculator",
        "ClassName": "ReCoDeSCalculator",
        "Parameters": {
                "Scope": "All",
                "Resources": [
                "ElectricPower",
                "CoolingWater",
                "LowLevelCommunication",
                "HighLevelCommunication",
                "PotableWater",
                "CoolingWater",
                "Shelter"
                ]
        }
        },
        {
        "ClassName": "NISTGoalsCalculator",
        "FileName": "nist_goals_calculator",
        "Parameters": [
                {
                "Resource": "ElectricPower",
                "DesiredFunctionalityLevel": 0.95
                },
                {
                "Resource": "CoolingWater",
                "DesiredFunctionalityLevel": 0.9
                },
                {
                "Resource": "LowLevelCommunication",
                "DesiredFunctionalityLevel": 0.8
                },
                {
                "Resource": "Housing",
                "DesiredFunctionalityLevel": 0.9
                }
        ]
        }
]
}

Main

"ComponentLibrary": {
        "ComponentLibraryCreatorFileName": "json_component_library_creator",
        "ComponentLibraryCreatorClassName": "JSONComponentLibraryCreator",
        "ComponentLibraryFile": "./Example 2/VirtualCommunity_ComponentLibrary.json"
},
"System": {
        "SystemCreatorClassName": "ConcreteSystemCreator",
        "SystemCreatorFileName": "concrete_system_creator",
        "SystemClassName": "BuiltEnvironment",
        "SystemFileName": "built_environment",
        "SystemConfigurationFile": "./Example 2/VirtualCommunity_SystemConfiguration.json"
}

Note

Path to component library and system configuration file might differ on your local machine.

Outputs

Results of the resilience assessment performed in this Example are shown below. They are represented as post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics for all considered resources, and as Gantt chart showing the repair dynamics for a subset of 20 system components.

Apart from the post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics, the results also include the time that each infrastructure system needs to attain its NIST resilience goal as defined in the Resilience Calculators section of the system configuration file. Functionality level of a system at a time step of the resilience assessment interval is defined as the ratio between the system’s demand and the system’s consumption (i.e., the met demand), representing the percent of met system demand. The results are printed once the example is ran in the Jupyter notebook:

Re-CoDeS Resilience Calculator
Scope: All
-----------------------------
Total unmet demand:
ElectricPower: 1017.8518
CoolingWater: 4.2
LowLevelCommunication: 14440.244777539478
HighLevelCommunication: 6578.000000000005
PotableWater: 63.73545999999999
Shelter: 67156.00000000006

NIST Resilience Goals Calculator:
--------------------------------
Resource: ElectricPower
Scope: All
DesiredFunctionalityLevel: 0.95
MetAtTimeStep: 22

Resource: CoolingWater
Scope: All
DesiredFunctionalityLevel: 0.9
MetAtTimeStep: 22

Resource: HighLevelCommunication
Scope: All
DesiredFunctionalityLevel: 0.9
MetAtTimeStep: 69

Resource: LowLevelCommunication
Scope: All
DesiredFunctionalityLevel: 0.8
MetAtTimeStep: 22

Resource: Shelter
Scope: All
DesiredFunctionalityLevel: 0.9
MetAtTimeStep: 75
Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of electric power. LoR labells the unmet demand for electric power.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of electric power. LoR labells the unmet demand for electric power.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of high level communication. LoR labells the unmet demand for high level communication.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of high level communication. LoR labells the unmet demand for high level communication.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of low level communication. LoR labells the unmet demand for low level communication.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of low level communication. LoR labells the unmet demand for low level communication.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of potable water. LoR labells the unmet demand for potable water.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of potable water. LoR labells the unmet demand for potable water.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of cooling water. LoR labells the unmet demand for cooling water.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of cooling water. LoR labells the unmet demand for cooling water.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of cooling water. LoR labells the unmet demand for cooling water.

Post-disaster supply/demand/consumption dynamics of cooling water. LoR labells the unmet demand for cooling water.

Gantt chart showing the repair dynamics for a subset of 20 system components.

Gantt chart showing the repair dynamics for a subset of 20 system components.