Transport Resilience as a System-of-Systems – Pre-study

Purpose and goal

The project is a feasibility study to investigate the resilience of the transport system using system-of-systems (SoS) approaches. This is relevant given recent societal developments leading to supply chain disruptions caused by geopolitics and climate change, as well as technological changes through digitalisation, electrification and automation, which are changing how transportation is carried out and what vulnerabilities exist.

Expected effects and result

The project is expected to contribute to the long-term resilience of the transport system by investigating: (1) Methods for developing systems-of-systems that manage resilience; (2) Considering new technologies and their impact on transport resilience; (3) Applying systems-of-systems to resilience within the transport system. As part of this, a survey of the state-of-the-art is being conducted, including existing methods and their advantages and disadvantages.

Planned approach and implementation

The project consists of four work packages: (1) Project Management; (2) System-of-Systems Development and Resilience: (3) Transport System Resilience; and (4) Development of a Research Approach. The research approach is then intended to be applied in a larger follow-up project. The project´s results will be presented widely to the partners and publicly, and result in scientific publications.