ACM Comm 2015 05 Cascade Failure (Notes)

"Optimization as Motion Selection Principle in Robot Action" CACM May 2015

Cascade Failure by Vinton G. Cerf, p.7

Cascade Failure

"Cerf's usual rant."
One or more minor failures can build to a catastrophic outcome.
Murphy was an Optimist.

Ideas

1. Planned incompatibility can become catastrophic.
2. Changing technology can cause supporting material for legacy technology to disappear. Remember Edison Cylinders?
3. Digital Rot can happen suddenly.

References

1. Northeast Blackout of 2003[1]
2. Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster[2]

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