Prepare for the Prepare for the Possibility: Response Possibility: Response

and Recoveryand Recovery

Steve GoddardSteve GoddardComputer Science & EngineeringComputer Science & Engineering

University of Nebraska-LincolnUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln

OutlineOutline Tool Suite OverviewTool Suite Overview

Architecture and tool descriptionArchitecture and tool description Leveraging prior resultsLeveraging prior results

Reduces cost and time to deliverReduces cost and time to deliver Reduces schedule and technology riskReduces schedule and technology risk

Applying the Technology SuiteApplying the Technology Suite Example ScenarioExample Scenario Demonstration of GIS technology and related Demonstration of GIS technology and related

prototype toolsprototype tools Risk CommunicationRisk Communication Recovery ProcessRecovery Process

Distributed Architecture Distributed Architecture and Toolsand Tools

Early Alert ToolEarly Alert Tool

Incident Management Incident Management ToolTool

Distribution and Tracking Distribution and Tracking ToolTool

Simulation EnginesSimulation Engines

The macro-level simulator The macro-level simulator provides simulations of the provides simulations of the distribution of distribution of contaminated foods and contaminated foods and support for the QTRIM support for the QTRIM model.model.

The micro-level simulator The micro-level simulator modes food modes food engineering/food engineering/food processing operations.processing operations.

Integrate industry standard Integrate industry standard simulators with models, simulators with models, where possible .where possible . E.g., SuperPro DesignerE.g., SuperPro Designer Need to capture the Need to capture the

engine but not engine but not necessarily the GUInecessarily the GUI

Leveraging Prior Results:Leveraging Prior Results:National Agricultural Decision Support SystemNational Agricultural Decision Support System

HTTP

IIOP

RMI

TCP

Data cache

Distributed Spatial and Relational Data

e.g., Climatic Variables, Agricultural Statistics

HTTP

IIOP

RMI

TCP

Presentation (User Interface)

e.g., Web Interface, Java applet

Knowledge Layer

e.g., Exposure Analysis, Risk Assessment

Data cache

Knowledge Layere.g., Data Mining, Exposure Analysis, Risk Assessment

Data cache

Data cache

Distributed Spatial and Relational Data

e.g., Climatic Variables, Agricultural Statistics

Data cache

e.g., Drought Indices, Regional Crop Losses

Information Layer

Data cache

e.g., Drought Indices, Regional Crop LossesInformation Layer

Leveraging Prior Results:Leveraging Prior Results:National Agricultural Decision Support SystemNational Agricultural Decision Support System

National Agricultural Decision Support SystemNational Agricultural Decision Support System (NADSS) Tools(NADSS) Tools

The NADSS tools apply risk The NADSS tools apply risk analysis methodologies to analysis methodologies to the study of drought and its the study of drought and its impact on cropsimpact on crops Integration of basic Integration of basic

models with data models with data generates “information” generates “information” for analysis by decision for analysis by decision makersmakers

Information can be Information can be gathered at any resolution gathered at any resolution for which we have datafor which we have data

http://http://nadssnadss..unlunl.edu.edu

Building a Risk AssessmentBuilding a Risk Assessment By combining several domain specific factors from our By combining several domain specific factors from our

“information layer” we are able to create maps displaying “information layer” we are able to create maps displaying the risk of crop failure for states, regions or countiesthe risk of crop failure for states, regions or counties

An expert adjusts weight factors for each variable

The risk calculator combines the variables

The result is a “spatial” view of risk

Applying the Technology Applying the Technology SuiteSuite

Example ScenarioExample Scenario Demonstration of GIS technology Demonstration of GIS technology

and related prototype toolsand related prototype tools

Here’s Jeff!!Here’s Jeff!!

Jeff does his demo….Jeff does his demo….

Risk CommunicationRisk Communication

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Here’s Mario!!Here’s Mario!!

Mario does his thing….Mario does his thing….

RecoveryRecovery

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