The paper describes the basics of a new convergent science based on the MIACS- convergent technology (Digital Stochastic Mechanics, Information Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive and Social Sciences). The name Infranetics comes from Infrastructures + Cybernetics. Infranetics is being constructed for solving the central problem of safe innovative development of a region/territory/country by creating a methodology of harmonized regulation of regional risk. This methodology is based on optimal management of systems of interdependent critical infrastructures (ICI) that play crucial role in the sustainable development of a modern society of risk. To this end following four aggregate optimization criteria are proposed: 1) regional average life expectance at birth (RALE); 2) regional (municipal) life quality index (RLQI); 3) resilience of regional systems of interdependent smart infrastructures (RICI) and 4) spatial entropy of creation and destruction of a regional system of ICI.
The main traits of infranetics are: 1) interdisciplinary approach; 2) accounting for the human factor on each stage of the CI’s life cycle; 3) transition from the analysis paradigm to the synthesis paradigm; 4) implementation of modern tools for design, diagnostics, monitoring, and maintenance; 5) transition to Nano-sizes.
Infranetics manifests itself as a complex-science discipline that permits accurate-enough prognosis of the behavior of complex socio-technological and economic systems being designed or already performing, in usual and catastrophic situations. Infranetics uses goal-oriented approach according which a unified concept is formed that describes ways and means for solving the problem in consideration. Then the problem is parsed into a chain of separate subproblems, but in such a way that the solution (output) of the first link in the chain serves as the input of the second link (problem) in the row, and so forth, until the output of the last problem emerges as the new-sought knowledge and gives the general solution of the problem. Infranetics is a useful tool for managing and governance for regional decision makers(DMs), as they can track how their decisions influence the RALE, quality of life and the wellbeing of their citizens/constituents. The paper demonstrates how infranetics are used to solve real life problems related to critical infrastructures.