Agent-based discrete event simulation modeling for disaster responses

IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1908-1913

  Shengnan, Wu ^a   Shuman, Larry ^a   Bidanda, Bopaya ^a   Kelley, Matthew ^b   Sochats, Ken ^b   Balaban, Carey ^c  

^a PA 15260   (United States)

^b School of Information Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Discrete event simulation; Emergency response; Geographical information system; Rule based System

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED; AGENT-BASED MODELING; AGENT-BASED SIMULATION; DISASTER RESPONSE; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; RULE-BASED SYSTEM; SIMULATION MODELS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 63849301703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. nd Edition, Eider Press, Minnesota.
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3. National Fire Protection Association, 2002, NFPA 1561: Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System, 2002 Edition, Quincy, MA.
4. Department of Homeland Security, 2007, National Preparedness Guidelines, September 2007, Washington, DC, http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/National- Preparedness-Guidelines.pdf (accessed March 30, 2008).