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Design decisions in the development of an agent-based simulation for large-scale emergency response
Glenn I. Hawe
Graham Coates
Duncan T. Wilson
Roger S. Crouch
M.A. Santos, L.S., E. Portela
As part of ongoing research into optimizing the response to large-scale emergencies, an agent-based simulation (ABS) is being developed to evaluate different rescue plans in silico. During the development of this software, decisions regarding its design have been required in order to best satisfy the following specific application requirements: (1) the construction of a sufficiently detailed virtual environment, representing a real geographical area; (2) the programming of a wide variety of agent behaviors using a minimal amount of code; (3) the computational handling of the "large-scale" nature of the emergency; and (4) the presentation of a highly visual user interface, to encourage and facilitate use of the software by practitioners involved in the project. This paper discusses the decisions made in each of these areas, including the novel use of policy-based class design to efficiently program agents. Future developments planned for the software are also outlined.
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url:http://idl.iscram.org/show.php?record=563
citekey:GlennI.Hawe_etal2011
citation:Glenn I. Hawe, Graham Coates, Duncan T. Wilson, & Roger S. Crouch. (2011). Design decisions in the development of an agent-based simulation for large-scale emergency response. In E. Portela L. S. M.A. Santos (Ed.), 8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011. Lisbon: Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM.
2011
ConferencePaper
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Application programs
Information systems
Software agents
User interfaces
Virtual reality
Agent based simulation
Agent behavior
Application requirements
Design decisions
Emergency response
Geographical area
Large-scale emergency
Visual user interfaces
Emergency services
file:http://idl.iscram.org/files/hawe/2011/563_Hawe_etal2011.pdf
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, ISCRAM
English
2411-3387
8th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management: From Early-Warning Systems to Preparedness and Training, ISCRAM 2011
2011
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