1 Mid-America Earthquake Center Optimizing Temporary Housing Arrangements after Disasters Omar El-Anwar Doctoral Researcher Construction Management Civil and Env. Engineering Dept. University of Illinois Urbana, IL November 8, 2007
2 Mid-America Earthquake Center Outline Introduction Interface with MAEVis Output Mock-ups
3 Mid-America Earthquake Center Motivation Housing is the single greatest component of all losses in terms of economic value and in terms of buildings damaged. (Comerio 1997a)
4 Mid-America Earthquake Center Problem Statement There is a need for a multi-objective optimization methodology
5 Mid-America Earthquake Center Research Objectives 1. Minimize Socioeconomic Disruption 1.1 Displacement distance from preferred location 1.2 Housing quality 1.3 Delivery time 1.4 Location capacity Healthcare support Economical opportunities Educational needs Safety requirements 4. Minimize Public Expenditures 3. Minimize Environmental Impact 3.1 Geology and soils 3.2 Water quality 3.3 Air quality Others … 2. Maximize Public Safety 2.1 Hazardous geographic locations 2.2 Hazardous geographic areas
6 Mid-America Earthquake Center Model Implementation LP_Solve Linear Programming Open Source Libraries
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10 Mid-America Earthquake Center Distribution of Displaced Families Output Interface
11 Mid-America Earthquake Center Data Analysis Visualization Output Interface
12 Mid-America Earthquake Center Output Interface Optimization Results
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22 Mid-America Earthquake Center Thank you