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This paper presents a thorough analysis of the behavior of a bio-inspired model to care for casualties in a disaster. The model was proposed by the authors in a previous paper and a simulation based on it was performed and evaluated. Here, we analyze the evolution of the system and the impact that various model parameters can have over it. Once the behavior is well understood, we can then focus our...
A bio-inspired model to care for casualties in a disaster is presented and a simulation based on this model is performed and evaluated. The model uses a queuing system inspired by the behavior of immune systems and an ACO-like heuristic for routing casualties across overloaded medical centers. The simulation results are promising. Our model can be modified to be used for the evacuation of population...
In order to meet the emergency rescue need in disaster specific period with materials shortage, a multi-objective coverage model on network layout of emergency material repositories is established in this paper. The goals of the network layout are the minimal number of repositories with covering all the demand spots, the maximum cross-coverage of demand spots, and the minimum sum of weighted distance...
In order to study the relation between pollutant emissions and environmental degradation costs, a regression equation is used in this paper. By introducing the data of GDP, natural disasters losses, environmental pollutant losses, pollutant control costs, carbon dioxide emissions and industrial emissions, all data over the period 2000-2008, the regression equation can rationally simulate the environmental...
With the rapid development of economy part of which is devoted by coal mines, safety evaluation can not be the perfect method to promote the safety level of coal industry especially when factors holding back safe production come up. Thus the early-warning system must be established so as to send out signals before disaster happens. Artificial neural network is the basis in this article to set up early-warning...
This paper first put on an overview of studies on the disaster economics at domestic and abroad, proposed a new research topics - marine disaster economics; and then analyzed the necessity and significance of the research of marine disaster economics; the final discussed the discipline nature and characteristics of marine disaster economics, research object, content and methods. It played a modest...
The less predictable characteristics of droughts make drought both a hazard and a disaster: a hazard because it is a natural accident of unpredictable occurrence but of recognisable recurrence, and a disaster because it causes the disruption of the water supply to the natural and agricultural ecosystems as well as to other human activities. What make less predictable characteristics of droughts is...
Criminal activities are causing a huge amount of loss both in term of financial and human lives. Due to these acts, business and social sectors are striving. This paper is aimed to develop an online sensor stream mining system, able to analyze situational behavior of all persons in some specific vicinity and proposes real-time alert system to take countermeasures. This system is designed to gather...
It has been proved by the practice that effective emergency management after a disaster still causes an irreparable loss. The paper explores the difference between risk management and emergency management in tourist destination based on the theory and practice of disaster risk management in tourism destination in China and abroad. Then the paper studies the methodology of establishing disaster risk...
Prediction model is needed for reducing mudflow disaster impact. We assume that mudflow has similar characteristic with fluid dynamic model. Therefore we adopt dynamical model of fluid to build hot mudflow movement model. The general parameters of this model are landscape data, mud volume per-day, and obstacle such as dikes and buildings. In this research we use approximation model using cellular...
This paper describes the simulation modeling for planning for the efficient transportation of patients following a disaster. Research was performed in an effort to predict the consequences of conceivable scenarios. Discrete-event simulation modeling provided an effective supplement to regular drill procedures when training emergency medical services personnel. Initial performance of the redesigned...
This paper describes the simulation modeling for planning for the efficient transportation of patients following a disaster. Research was performed in an effort to predict the consequences of conceivable scenarios. Discrete-event simulation modeling provided an effective supplement to regular drill procedures when training emergency medical services personnel.Initial performance of the redesigned...
Critical infrastructure (CI) is broadly defined as a set of important assets for producing or distributing a continuous flow of essential goods or services. When a disaster engenders failure of one CI system, it can be expected that other CI systems that need services or goods originally provided by the discontinued system will stop shortly, exacerbating the damage caused by the disaster. Currently,...
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