A class of numerical algorithm for impact degree assessment of emergency systems

DOI10.1155/2013/183262MaRDI QIDQ364273zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Yuwen Chang, Yifan Gao, Jiexin Yi, Wei Yan, Changbo Geng, Song Zhang

Publication date 9 September 2013

Published in Journal of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/183262

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

Review text

Summary: A standard procedure for the evaluation of emergency impact is developed, concentrating on variation of the impact degree. A numerical method is presented in this paper. The concepts of impact depth and impact width are introduced to assess the impact degree, and both of which determine the evolution path of impact. Based on the variation pattern of impact depth, the evolution path could be divided into rising stage, plateau stage, and recession stage, and path of each stage could be expressed in terms of specified functions. The major goal of this procedure is to measure the emergency impact and make predictions for the consequences. In the case study, we applied this procedure to the analysis of the impact caused by 3.11 earthquake in Japan and demonstrated the algorithm's effectiveness and feasibility. Although this methodology shows improvement in quantitative analysis of the emergency impact, the accuracy of the impact path and the derivative effect of secondary derivative events are issues that yet to be further studied.

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