Modeling and Simulation for Emergency Response: Workshop Report, Standards and Tools
- ISBN-10
- 0756742501
- ISBN-13
- 9780756742508
- Category
- Emergency management
- Pages
- 110
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Authors
- Sanjay Jain, Charles Robert McLean
Description
Provides a summary of the talks & working sessions during the Modeling & Simulation (M&S) for Emergency ResponseÓ workshop held March 4-6, 2003, at NIST. Emergency response is defined as all the activities for identifying, detecting, planning, training, analyzing vulnerability & responding to unanticipated events that may result in injury &/or loss of human lives & damage &/or destruction of critical infrastructure elements. Contents: Requirements for M&S for Emergency Response; Framework for M&S for Emergency Response; Preparing the Information Platform for M&S; M&S Tools for Emergency Response; Workshop Parallel Breakout Sessions; Funding Programs; & Conclusion. Illustrations.
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