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Modeling and Simulation of Healthcare Systems for Homeland Security Applications

September 1, 2011
Author(s)
Charles R. McLean, Yung-Tsun Lee, Sanjay Jain, Charles W. Hutchings
The purpose of this document is to provide a foundation for establishing a modeling and simulation technical interest group whose focus is information exchange on healthcare issues. The document defines an initial set of user/customer needs and system

Disaster Resilience: A Guide to the Literature

October 13, 2010
Author(s)
Stanley W. Gilbert
Although there is a great deal of high-quality information available on resilience-related topics hazard assessment, vulnerability assessment, risk assessment, risk management, and loss estimation as well as disaster resilience itself, there is no central

The Need for Behavioral Theory in Evacuation Modeling

February 1, 2010
Author(s)
Erica D. Kuligowski, Steve M. Gwynne
This paper posits the need for comprehensive theories about human behavior in fire evacuations. These would be of value in and of themselves to improve training, education, and future data collection efforts, but would also allow for a complete behavioral

Modeling Human Behavior during Building Fires

December 30, 2008
Author(s)
Erica D. Kuligowski
Evacuation models, including engineering hand calculations and computational tools, are used to evaluate the level of safety provided by buildings during evacuation. Building designs, occupant procedures, and notification technology are based on the

Building Air Change Rate Estimates for CBR Analysis

September 15, 2008
Author(s)
Andrew K. Persily
Building air change rates impact energy consumption for space conditioning and indoor contaminant levels in relation to general indoor air quality issues as well as occupant exposure to airborne chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) agents. With

Procedures for the Decontamination of Building Plumbing Systems

April 7, 2008
Author(s)
Stephen J. Treado, Mark A. Kedzierski, V. J. Gallardo
This paper presents a discussion of methods for decontaminating building plumbing systems and restoring them to safe operation, based on generic contaminant characteristics. More specific recommendations are being developed that link decontamination
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