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Practical Considerations for Implementing Homeland Security Models & Simulations

December 1, 2012
Author(s)
Charles W. Hutchings, Sanjay Jain, Yung-Tsun Lee, Charles McLean
Modeling and simulation (M&S) capabilities support reasoning in many domains and can provide powerful tools for homeland security analytical needs. For example, these capabilities are particularly valuable in exploring systems which are inaccessible for

Workshop Report for Ambulance Patient Compartment Design

November 26, 2012
Author(s)
Allison Barnard Feeney, Deogratias Kibira, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Jennifer L. Marshall
Recently, the U.S Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division and First Responder Resources Group sponsored formation of the Ambulance Patient Compartment Design Project. Project

A Study on Safety: Highlights from Workshop on Ambulance Patient Compartments

October 31, 2012
Author(s)
Jennifer L. Marshall, Yung-Tsun T. Lee
In 2010, there were more than 250 U.S. ambulance crashes that were reported in the news media [Ballam 2011]. During such accidents, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who ride in the ambulance patient compartment while caring for patients are at high

Enhancing Performance and Safety in Ambulances Through Improved Design Standards

May 18, 2012
Author(s)
Deogratias Kibira, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Mehdi Dadfarnia
This paper describes how modeling and simulation can play a major role in developing standards recommendations for patient compartment layout of automotive ambulances in the United States to improve performance and safety. Acquiring necessary information

Modeling for Optimal Ambulance Patient Compartment Layout

March 30, 2012
Author(s)
Deogratias Kibira, Yung-Tsun Lee, Mehdi Dadfarnia
This paper describes how modeling and simulation can play a major role in developing standards recommendations for patient compartment layout of automotive ambulances in the United States, to improve performance and safety. Acquiring necessary information

Modeling for Optimal Ambulance Patient Compartment Layout

March 29, 2012
Author(s)
Deogratias Kibira, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Mehdi Dadfarnia
This paper describes how modeling and simulation can play a major role in developing standards recommendations for patient compartment layout of automotive ambulances in the United States, to improve performance and safety. Acquiring necessary information

A Bibliography of Ambulance Patient Compartments and Related Issues

February 27, 2012
Author(s)
Mehdi Dadfarnia, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Deogratias Kibira
Safety in the patient compartment of ambulances is an issue of growing concern for emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics, patients, and others affected by ambulances. A lot of research has been conducted by different players and much of it is

DHS/NIST Workshop on Homeland Security Modeling & Simulation, June 14-15, 2011

December 19, 2011
Author(s)
Charles R. McLean, Yung-Tsun Lee, Sanjay Jain, Charles W. Hutchings
The U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Engineering Laboratory (EL) jointly hosted a Homeland Security Modeling & Simulation (M&S) Workshop on 14 & 15

A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS USING SIMULATION

December 14, 2011
Author(s)
Erik Lindskog, Linus Lundh, Jonatan K. Berglund, Yung-Tsun Lee, Anders Skoogh, Bjorn Johansson
Effective assessment and communication of environmental footprint is increasingly important to process development and marketing purposes. Traditionally, static methods have been applied to analyze the environmental impact during a product's life cycle
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