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Network Evacuation Modelling for Flooding as a Result of Dam Failure

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  • F Southworth
  • S-M Chin

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The MASSVAC approach to network evacuation modelling is tested, and its results enhanced by a color graphics program called MVOPL. This MASSVAC-MVOPL analysis system is used to model population evacuations under the threat of flooding as a result of dam failure. The system operates on a microcomputer, with turnaround times that allow it to be rerun within a matter of minutes. The software proves to be a very effective tool for the estimation of network clearance times, and for the testing of alternative emergency traffic routing plans. The basics of the mathematical modelling approach are described, and a selection of empirical results and some graphics screens are presented. Both urban and rural applications are discussed.

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  • F Southworth & S-M Chin, 1987. "Network Evacuation Modelling for Flooding as a Result of Dam Failure," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 19(11), pages 1543-1558, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:19:y:1987:i:11:p:1543-1558
    DOI: 10.1068/a191543
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    1. Pidd, M. & de Silva, F. N. & Eglese, R. W., 1996. "A simulation model for emergency evacuation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 90(3), pages 413-419, May.
    2. Stepanov, Alexander & Smith, James MacGregor, 2009. "Multi-objective evacuation routing in transportation networks," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 198(2), pages 435-446, October.
    3. P. Daniel Wright & Matthew J. Liberatore & Robert L. Nydick, 2006. "A Survey of Operations Research Models and Applications in Homeland Security," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 36(6), pages 514-529, December.
    4. Moshtagh, Mehrdad & Fathali, Jafar & Smith, J. MacGregor, 2018. "The Stochastic Queue Core problem, evacuation networks, and state-dependent queues," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 269(2), pages 730-748.

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