Stress-Testing Alternative Water Quality Sensor Designs under Cyber-Physical Attack Scenarios †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Study and Stress-Testing Methodology
2.1. L-Town Case Study
2.2. Alternative Water Quality Sensor Placement Strategies Using TEVA-SPOT
- Mean extent of contamination (ec);
- Mean mass of contaminant consumed (mc);
- Mean number of failed detections (nfd);
- Mean time to detection (td).
2.3. Stress-Testing Alternative Designs against Cyber-Physical Attacks
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Criticality Rank | ec | mc | td | nfd |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | n62 | n93 | n62 | n1 |
2 | n264 | n1 | n1 | n215 |
3 | n188 | n527 | n215 | n4 |
4 | n221 | n264 | n4 | n50 |
5 | n157 | n4 | n527 | n25 |
6 | n286 | n215 | n50 | n527 |
7 | n93 | n50 | n339 | n750 |
8 | n313 | n25 | n25 | n253 |
9 | n18 | n576 | n264 | n576 |
10 | n104 | n104 | n576 | n83 |
Sensor Design | WNP | WR (95th perc) | WR (50th perc) | WR (5th perc) |
---|---|---|---|---|
ec | 0.685 | 0.665 | 0.591 | 0.420 |
mc | 0.728 | 0.663 | 0.608 | 0.490 |
td | 0.695 | 0.642 | 0.598 | 0.496 |
nfd | 0.685 | 0.628 | 0.573 | 0.446 |
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Nikolopoulos, D.; Moraitis, G.; Karavokiros, G.; Bouziotas, D.; Makropoulos, C. Stress-Testing Alternative Water Quality Sensor Designs under Cyber-Physical Attack Scenarios. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2022, 21, 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022021017
Nikolopoulos D, Moraitis G, Karavokiros G, Bouziotas D, Makropoulos C. Stress-Testing Alternative Water Quality Sensor Designs under Cyber-Physical Attack Scenarios. Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2022; 21(1):17. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022021017
Chicago/Turabian StyleNikolopoulos, Dionysios, Georgios Moraitis, George Karavokiros, Dimitrios Bouziotas, and Christos Makropoulos. 2022. "Stress-Testing Alternative Water Quality Sensor Designs under Cyber-Physical Attack Scenarios" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 21, no. 1: 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022021017
APA StyleNikolopoulos, D., Moraitis, G., Karavokiros, G., Bouziotas, D., & Makropoulos, C. (2022). Stress-Testing Alternative Water Quality Sensor Designs under Cyber-Physical Attack Scenarios. Environmental Sciences Proceedings, 21(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2022021017