Agent-based geosimulation for assessment of urban emergency response plans
Authored by Mainak Bandyopadhyay, Varun Singh
Date Published: 2018
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-018-3523-5
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Abstract
The operational efficiency of an urban emergency response plan (UERP) is
proportional to the magnitude of a rigorous assessment process. The core
objective of the assessment process is to identify possible
deficiencies, in particular, micro-deficiencies existing within the
emergency plans. Most of the existing approaches rely on multi-criteria
and emergency state for assessments. However, identification of
micro-deficiencies requires developing a comprehensive microscopic model
of the entire emergency system and simulating an emergency plan under
various scenarios. Here, an assessment framework is proposed based on
agent-based modeling and geosimulation and considering the urban
features for general and microscopic assessment of urban emergency
response plans. To enrich our claim, this framework is applied to assess
the futuristic emergency infrastructure plan of upgrading overhead water
tanks (OWT) to be used for recharging fire emergency vehicles in case of
fire incidents to improve fire suppression time by the Fire Department
of Allahabad City, an urban city of India.
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Simulation
Agent-based modeling
GIS
geosimulation
System
Urban emergency response