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An Optimization Model to Inform Alternatives for Resilient Communities for Tornado Retrofits

January 6, 2026
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William Hughes, Tasnim Ibn Faiz, Marc Levitan, Kenneth Harrison
… ARC is a mathematical programming model informingoptimal strategies to improve community-level resilience while … considerations. The ARC modelevaluates optimal retrofit strategies, including tornado shelters and structural … and budgetary constraints, optimal resilience enhancement strategies areevaluated, facilitating comparison of …

Implicitly Coupling Heat Conduction Into a Zone Fire Model (NISTIR 4886)

July 1, 1992
Author(s)
W F. Moss, Glenn P. Forney
This report examines several methods for coupling the partial differential equations that arise in conductive heat transfer with the ordinary differential equations that arise in zone fire modeling. Two existing algorithms (method of lines and time

Distributed Deployment Algorithms for Improved Coverage in Mobile Sensor Networks

September 28, 2011
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Vladimir V. Marbukh, Kamran Sayrafian, Hamid Mahboubi, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam
… In this paper, various sensor deployment strategies are studied for effective coverage in wireless … to minimize them. Novel edge-based and vertex-based strategies are proposed for efficient sensor deployment, and … the methods introduced in this work outperform existing strategies. Simulations confirm the effectiveness of the …

Beyond the Business Cycle: The Need for a Technology-Based Growth Strategy1

May 22, 2013
Author(s)
Gregory C. Tassey
The onset of globalization leaves the competing nations of the world with two rather stark choices: (1) accept lower wages in order to compete in global markets, or (2) invest in productivity enhancing assets to enable dominance in enough high valued-added
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