FreeWalk: a social interaction platform for group behaviour in a virtual space
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies - Special issue on HCI research in Japan
Simulation: The Practice of Model Development and Use
Simulation: The Practice of Model Development and Use
Simulation for emergency response: a framework for modeling and simulation for emergency response
Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
Public health: emergency management: capability analysis of critical incident response
Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
Work smarter, not harder: guidelines for designing simulation experiments
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
State-of-the-Art Review: A User's Guide to the Brave New World of Designing Simulation Experiments
INFORMS Journal on Computing
Design and analysis of multi-level active queue management mechanisms for emergency traffic
Computer Communications
The Nested Event Tree Model with Application to Combating Terrorism
INFORMS Journal on Computing
Characterizing multi-event disaster resilience
Computers and Operations Research
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The heightened threat of terrorism has caused governments worldwide to plan for responding to large-scale catastrophic incidents. In England the New Dimension Programme supplies equipment, procedures and training to the Fire and Rescue Service to ensure the country's preparedness to respond to a range of major critical incidents. The Fire and Rescue Service is involved partly by virtue of being able to very quickly mobilize a large skilled workforce and specialist equipment. This paper discusses the use of discrete event simulation modeling to understand how a fire and rescue service might position its resources before an incident takes place, to best respond to a combination of different incidents at different locations if they happen. Two models are built for this purpose. The first model deals with mass decontamination of a population following a release of a hazardous substance-aiming to study resource requirements (vehicles, equipment and manpower) necessary to meet performance targets. The second model deals with the allocation of resources across regions-aiming to study cover level and response times, analyzing different allocations of resources, both centralized and decentralized. Contributions to theory and practice in other contexts (e.g. the aftermath of natural disasters such as earthquakes) are outlined.