“数字+”与之江统计讲坛（第63讲）6月29日新西兰奥塔哥大学Xun Xiao来中心讲座预告

讲座题目：Learning Local Cascading Failure Pattern from Massive Network Failure Data

讲座时间：2024年6月29日  16:00-17:00

讲座地点：综合楼644

主讲人：Xun Xiao

主讲人简介：

Dr. Xun Xiao is currently a Lecturer in Statistics at the Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, New Zealand. He received B.Sc. in Statistics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2011 and Ph.D. degree from the Dept. of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at City University of Hong Kong in 2016. His current research focuses on industrial statistics and point process modelling. He has published more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Technometrics, Journal of Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), Journal of Quality Technology, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, etc. 

讲座摘要：

In this talk, I will discuss a novel multivariate point process regression model for a large-scale physically distributed network infrastructure with two failure modes, i.e., primary failures caused by the long-term usage and degradation of the asset, and cascading failures triggered by primary failures in a short period. Large-scale field data on pipe failures from a UK-based water utility are exploited to support the rationale of considering the two failure modes. The two failure modes are not self-revealed in the field data. To make the inference of the large-scale problem possible, a time window for cascading failures is introduced, based on which the likelihood of the pipe failure process can be decomposed into two parts, one for the primary failures and the other for the cascading failure processes modulated by the primary failure processes. The window length for cascading failures is treated as a tuning parameter and it is determined through maximizing the likelihood based on all failure data. To illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed model, two case studies are presented based on real data from the UK-based water utility. Interesting features of the cascading failures are identified from massive field pipe failure data. The results provide insights on more advanced modelling and practical decision-making for both researchers and practitioners.